Bairnsfather

/ ˈbɛənzˌfɑːðə /

noun

BairnsfatherBruce18881959MBritishIndianARTS AND CRAFTS: cartoonist Bruce . 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I

Yes, that is the word by which to describe, if you like, the prevalent Bairnsfather expression of countenance.

Rather may it be said that the Bairnsfather laughter has acted in thousands of cases as an antidote to the bane of depression.

Captain Bairnsfather has become a household word—or perhaps one should say a trench-hold word.

Bairnsfather's sketches portraying the humour and coolness that such critical conditions create are in no particular exaggerated.

Captain Bairnsfather went to the front in no mood of a "chiel takin' notes."

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