To buy: To have something not desired, such as a job, thrust on one enexpectedly, for example, "Just as he was going out, he ran into the Corporal and bought a fatigue." Also, to obtain something by craft (Click, also Wangle). Another meaning: to be scored off or victimised. Of a man getting an answer to a question which made him ridiculous: "He bought it that time." [1]
References / notes
- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.41.
Compendium of the Great War.
The above term is listed in our
This compendium forms the central hub of words, phrases, people, and places relative to the Great War period of 1914–1918. These also include battles, political events, ships, trench slang, British and American service terms and expressions in everyday use, nicknames, sobriquets, the titles of British and Commonwealth Regiments and their origins, and also warfare in general. These words and phrases are contemporary with the war, which is reflected in the language used, some of which may seem derogatory by today's standards. Feel free to expand upon and improve this content.