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Notes
1 Laing, ‘The introduction of canned food’, 146–9.
2 Smyth, The Sailor’s word-book.
3 Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edn, 1989).
4 Barrére and Leland, A Dictionary of Slang Jargon.
5 Bruce, ‘Answer’, 32.
6 C[ooper], ‘Answer’, 60.
7 Downing, Digger Dialects, 22.
8 Brophy and Partridge, Dictionary of Tommies, 123.
9 Ayto, Oxford Dictionary of Slang, 396.
10 Bruce, ‘Why is a Bluejacket’s Rum’, 205.
11 H[ill], Answer, 317.
12 F[itzmaurice], Answer, 506–7. R. M. F. may be Vice-Admiral Raymond Fitmaurice who was a regular attendee of the SNR AGMs at this time. Born in 1878 into a distinguished naval family, Fitz-Maurice had a distinguished naval career himself before retiring from the active list in 1929. On the outbreak of the Second World War Fitz-Maurice was recalled to active service, knighted in 1942 and died of angina the following year.
13 Macdermott, ‘Answer’, 115.
14 Davenport, ‘Curiosities in Nautical Terms’.
15 Dear and Kemp, Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea.