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Furious joy: An old army term for "Fue-de-joie," the running fire of three rounds of blank cartridge up and down the ranks of infantry in line, usual at military festivities and special celebrations, etc.[1]

References / notes

  1. Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.100.
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