Messrs T. Werner'Laurie issue at the price of 6d The Soldiers’ War Slang Dictionary—a list of words and phrases used by British soldiers in the Great War. Here, for example, is that word-of-all-work, “oojiboo.” Here, again, is the information that “dixy” is from the Hindustani “degchi,” for cookihg pot» - ' ;
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22941, 10 February 1940, Page 16
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