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LAMPS.

Eyes.

LANCE CORPORAL BACON.

Bacons consisting of fat through which runs one thin streak of lean, resembling the stripe on the Lance Corporals sleeve.

LANCE-JACK.

Lance-Corporal.

LAY-AN-EGG.

(of an aeroplane) Drop a bomb.

LAZY-LIZZ.

A heavy long distance shell which passes overhead with a lazy drone. (Also called "Tired Theodore.")

LEADSWINGER.

A person who schemes with the object of avoiding duty in a dangerous area, a malingerer.

LEGS ELEVEN.

The number 11 in a game of House; a thin tall man.

LET DOWN.

To deceive, fail, trick, omit to fulfill an obligation.

LIMIT.

See "Dizzy Limit."

LINE (The)

The firing line; forward area.

LINE UP.

An assemblage.

LIE-OUT POSSY.

The troops position when assembled in battle formation before attacking.

LINGO.

Language. Corruption of the word "Lingus."

LITTLE BIT OF EYES RIGHT.

A girl.

LITTLE HELL.

Three two-pip cards in a game of "Poker."

LIT-UP.

Drunk, a man suffering from venereal disease.

LIZZIE.

A warship of the same class as H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth."

LOB.

A Policeman, one who goes out of his way to report breaches of discipline or law. "To Lob" - to arrive.

LOCK-SUEY.

Rain.

LOLLY.

Something easy; a person easy to trick or overcome.

LORD NELSON.

The three aces in a game of "Poker" (see three hotels)

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