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IGAREE.

Quick (Arabic) A peculiar feature of A.I.F. slang was the combination of words adapted from different languages i.e. "Igaree at the toot," run away quickly from the latter portion of the phrase being derived from the French "toute."

INKED.

Drunk.

IMSHEE.

Go away (Arabic)

IN THE GUN.

Under disfavour.

IODINE KING.

A regimental Medical Officer; the A.M.C. Corporal in a battalion.

IODINE LANCERS.

Nursing section of the A.A.M.C.

IRON FOUNDRY.

A very heavy shell.

IRON RATIONS.

Ammunition. Officially the tinned preserved meat and biscuits that all the troops carried but were only supposed to use when absolutely necessary.

ISSUE.

A portion; "to go one's issue" - to be killed; to get the whole issue of a shell, to be struck bodily by a shell.

ITS A NICE DAY FOR IT.

A sardonic phrase applied to anything unpleasant, e.g. an attack which is likely to prove costly.

 

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