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
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 hoped in my heart that the colonel would give the fellow eight hours' pack drill.
From Captain Macklin by Davis, Richard Harding
Not an absconding cashier, but a Tommy who has been sentenced to extra pack drill for breathing while on parade or doing some other little thing like that.
From Over the Top by Empey, Arthur Guy
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