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- My Old Man's a fireman,
An' wot d'yer think o' that,
He wears Gorblimey trousers
An' a little Gorblimey 'at.[1]
References / notes
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.107.
The above term is listed in our Compendium of the Great War.
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