Cuthberts

Cuthberts: A name in the war, coined by "Poy," the cartoonist of the Evening News, and colloquially adopted by way of contempt for fit men of military age, particularly in Government Offices, who had not been "combed out" for the Army. Also, for men who deliberately avoided military service such as conscientious objectors, etc. In Poy's cartoon the "Cuthberts" were represented as frightened looking rabbits.