pack drill
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Photograph: Channel 5 No names, no pack drill and all that.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2013
In part, it was because certain finance ministers – no names, no pack drill – tried a course of cold turkey too soon.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2013
He heard their case stated, and then asked, “Do you all promise that if I dismiss you from pack drill you will not misbehave yourselves during your short stay in this town?”
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
Tommy takes great care of the above, because it means extra pack drill to come on parade unshaven.
From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy
I fought and chaffed and drank and drilled and marched, and went 'up tahn' with him, and did pack drill, and had C.B. with him.
From My Contemporaries In Fiction by Murray, David Christie
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