neddies

There's no medals struck fer neddies, but we rule there orter be,

'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse Edward Dyson 1898

He appeared periodically in the villages with his eight donkeys, or neddies as he called them, with jingling bells on their headstalls and their burdens of two sacks of small coal on each.

A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881

But it is only these ancients who knew him that keep it green; by and by when they are gone Old Joe and his neddies will be remembered no more.

A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881

He had no nerves and no imagination; and was tired, and slept very soundly until it was light and time to put his neddies out before any person came by and discovered that he had been making free with the rector's grass.

A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881

He was a man of iron constitution and gave himself a hard life, and he was hard on his neddies, but he had to feed them well, and this he often contrived to do at some one else's expense.

A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881

In time he recovered from his loss and replaced his dead neddies with others, and continued for many years longer on his rounds.

A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881

"They'm laughing at us, keper, they neddies; sure enough, we'm lost our labor here."

Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847

Man dem worries is an full an mighty troublesome is dem worries. dey can beat der best team when des tryin but des a bit up an down ya know an if dey not strong me fink does neddies will get past um. me fink dem neddies is gonna win by 6.

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Of course there is no evidence of need for proper military hospitals, FFS Lyneham is closing in a few months time, I am quite sure the neddies with scrambled egg on their hats are barely recognising there is a war on in Afghanistan.

Army Rumour Service 2010

The employment and protection of incompetent/corrupt/unskilled cadres will continue unabated, as will the protests by the same neddies who vote for the ANC every election, and then protest and burn down their libraries and municipal offices the next.

Muti 2010