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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LAMPS.
Eyes.
LANCE CORPORAL BACON.
Bacons consisting of fat through which runs one thin streak of lean, resembling the stripe on the Lance Corporals sleeve.
LANCE-JACK.
Lance-Corporal.
LAY-AN-EGG.
(of an aeroplane) Drop a bomb.
LAZY-LIZZ.
A heavy long distance shell which passes overhead with a lazy drone. (Also called "Tired Theodore.")
LEADSWINGER.
A person who schemes with the object of avoiding duty in a dangerous area, a malingerer.
LEGS ELEVEN.
The number 11 in a game of House; a thin tall man.
LET DOWN.
To deceive, fail, trick, omit to fulfill an obligation.
LIMIT.
See "Dizzy Limit."
LINE (The)
The firing line; forward area.
LINE UP.
An assemblage.
LIE-OUT POSSY.
The troops position when assembled in battle formation before attacking.
LINGO.
Language. Corruption of the word "Lingus."
LITTLE BIT OF EYES RIGHT.
A girl.
LITTLE HELL.
Three two-pip cards in a game of "Poker."
LIT-UP.
Drunk, a man suffering from venereal disease.
LIZZIE.
A warship of the same class as H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth."
LOB.
A Policeman, one who goes out of his way to report breaches of discipline or law. "To Lob" - to arrive.
LOCK-SUEY.
Rain.
LOLLY.
Something easy; a person easy to trick or overcome.
LORD NELSON.
The three aces in a game of "Poker" (see three hotels)
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