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The following are a few sample definitions from the Camp Dictionary: Mess.—The most appropriately named military term. May signify either breakfast, dinner, or supper Pay-day.—A day set aside for "soldiers to pay their debts. PiM-—One of the two standard remedies issued to a soldier who answers sick call. lodine.—The other of the two standard remedies. _ Fatigue.—A word which, mentioned m the hearing of any number of soldiers, will never faii to produce an equal number of the rank and file who desire to answer sick call. > It's military meaning is work. * ': * * * _ Little Willie was out walking with his dad one day. An observant youngster, he happened to notice the sign - 'Painless Dentist." At once little Willie was-all curiosity and he asked- • ±%7,> I)ad ' wlmt * s a Painless dentist?" "A painless dentist, my boy is. a liar." observed Dad. -

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Free Lance, Volume XVII, Issue 915, 25 January 1918, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Free Lance, Volume XVII, Issue 915, 25 January 1918, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Free Lance, Volume XVII, Issue 915, 25 January 1918, Page 4