The Quarterly Review, Volumes 258-259William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1932 |
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... Poilu either by the object designated or by its intensive use . Poilu are the words created by the soldier to describe the fighting ; but Poilu also are certain synonyms for To Eat , Drink , Fast , Die , Quarrel , Toil , because these ...
... Poilu either by the object designated or by its intensive use . Poilu are the words created by the soldier to describe the fighting ; but Poilu also are certain synonyms for To Eat , Drink , Fast , Die , Quarrel , Toil , because these ...
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... Poilu from the civilian in his manner of feeling and in his daily tasks ; if one remembers that in the first two or three months of the War the Poilus lived— and died - in almost complete isolation , then one will not be astonished at ...
... Poilu from the civilian in his manner of feeling and in his daily tasks ; if one remembers that in the first two or three months of the War the Poilus lived— and died - in almost complete isolation , then one will not be astonished at ...
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... Poilu slang adopted many technical terms , which it usually twisted to its own rare purposes , the official language of the Army took over such Poilu words as boche , sauter ( ' jump to it ' ) , saucisse ( observation balloon ) , poilu ...
... Poilu slang adopted many technical terms , which it usually twisted to its own rare purposes , the official language of the Army took over such Poilu words as boche , sauter ( ' jump to it ' ) , saucisse ( observation balloon ) , poilu ...
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