| 单词 | steelbacks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSteelbacks Steelbacks n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1903 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. ii. 357/1 Steelbacks (The)... 1. The 1st Batt. Northamptonshire Regiment. the late 48th Foot; and (2) The 1st Batt. Middlesex Regiment, the late 57th Foot. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 204 Steelbacks, The: The Northamptonshire Regiment. Through the 1st Battalion, as the 48th Foot. In allusion to the stoical way in which, according to tradition, the men bore their punishment when flogged. (An 18th century nickname.) < as lemmas |
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