单词 | the dubs |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Dubs the Dubs: a nickname given to the soldiers of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.The Royal Dublin Fusiliers (1899–1922) were an infantry regiment of the British Army which recruited in the east of Ireland. ΚΠ 1899 Morning Post 17 Oct. 3/3 I ought to say a word, too, in praise of the good conduct and sobriety of the ‘Dubs’. 1916 K. J. Barrett Diary 19 June in Diary Austral. Soldier (1921) 54 This afternoon the Dubs relieved us, but not until they had sustained several casualties by whiz-bangs. 2018 T. Kinlock Godley ii. 22 Godley joined the Dubs at Wellington Barracks in Mullingar, eighty kilometres west of Dublin. < as lemmas |
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