Definitions
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- noun slang A
lance-corporal or lance-bombadier.
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Examples
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I was a "lance-jack" at that time, in charge of No. 6 gun; and had a crew of the youngest boys in the section, two of whom were under seventeen when they enlisted and not one of whom was twenty at that time.
The Emma Gees Herbert Wes McBride
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I can only speak for infantry - I went to RMAS after 4 years as a tom and lance-jack, and was commissioned back into the same regiment.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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I can only speak for infantry - I went to RMAS after 4 years as a tom and lance-jack, and was commissioned back into the same regiment.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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