WW2 SLANG
DAISIES
Boots. From Cockney rhyming slang - daisy roots.
DAISY CUTTER
Shell with an impact fuse (graze fuse) designed to explode immediately on contact with the ground. Used in the clearance of barbed wire defences.
DERBY MEN
Men recruited under a voluntary scheme instituted, before conscription became law, by Lord Derby. Young and unmarried men were called for service before the others.
DEKKO
Look, observe. From Hindustani dekho, look, and dekhna, to see.
DEVIL DODGER
Army chaplain.
DEVIL'S OWN, THE
The Connaught Rangers.
