Glossary of Slang and Peculiar Terms in Use in the A.I.F.

Original Manuscript

1921-1924

This is a transcribed version of the second typescript of the Glossary, dated 1924. It retains all typographical errors and grammatical and other idiosyncrasies. It is occasionally misalphabetised. We hope to make available in the near future some scanned pages of both the first and second typescript versions of the Glossary.

This section contains a selection of AIF slangs Original Manuscript, their meanings, and their etymologies.

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K

KADI.

Hat.

KAMARAD.

Friend, Comrade (the German cry for quarter)

KANGAROO FEATHERS.

A tall feather, an impossible thing; emu plumes of the Aust. Light Horse.

KERENSKY.

To come a Karensky See "Gutzer."

KENNEL-UP.

Stop talking.

KID STAKES.

Insincere flattery, bluff, joking.

KING O' THE NITS.

Provist Sergeant.

KIMBERLY.

Nickname for Diamond in the game of "Crown & Anchor."

KIP.

The short flat piece of wood on which the pennies are placed in "two-up" preparatory to tossing.

KIPPSIE.

Lean-to, shelter, house, dugout.

KIWI-KING.

A Military Policeman or anyone who is very particular to keep his boots and the leather portions of his equipment brightly polished. So called because the most popular brand of leather polish was "Kiwi."

KNOCK.