Old Contemptibles
pl n
the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
Origin of Old Contemptibles
1so named from the Kaiser's alleged reference to them as a ``contemptible little army''
Words Nearby Old Contemptibles
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How to use Old Contemptibles in a sentence
Indeed as the "Old Contemptibles" marched through Boulogne women stripped off their rings to give them to the marching soldiers.
G. H. Q. | Frank FoxA few may be toiling still, where the fighting is thickest, the last remnants of the “Old Contemptibles.”
A Padre in France | George A. Birmingham
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