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Robert had reckoned with the diligence of the police; he had reckoned with the
slow spread of whispers; but he had reckoned without the Ack-Emma. The Ack-
Emma was the latest representative of the tabloid newspaper to enter British ...
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
Later 20th century. ack-ack anti-aircraft guns and gunfire. Used during World War
II. From the phonetic alphabet where ack=A. ack emma a.m.; in the morning, as in
nine-thirty ack emma. Since around 1915. From the army signallers' alphabet, ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
acid head acid trip ackamarackus ack emma admin Adrian Quist adult aerial ping
-pong after Amerika amidships ammo. loan, a favour, etc. 1906–. P. WHITE And a
woman like that, married to such a sawney bastard, she wouldn't wait for 'em to ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
"Orders have come down from Battalion HQ. We go over the top at 7.20 Ack
Emma tomorrow morning. We are to take the German stronghold at Harcourt
Wood at all costs. The general advance is being held back by the stalemate in
this sector.
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PRIMARY NON-FICTIONAL SOURCES VOLUME 6 Joseph Conrad: A ...
The beastly Adjutant's Parade is at five ack emma. Will you take my Johnnie's
and let me get a real good fug in my downy bug walk? l'm fair blind to the wide to-
night." That was the current language then and, in the earlier days of our ...
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The Transatlantic Disputations: Essays and Meditations
At 4.20 ack-emma, the men of the Allied forces in the Battle of Amiens began to
fight; they fought; and they went on fighting. Brigaded with the Canadians were
elements of the 32d Division: Lancashire Fusiliers from Salford, the parent
regiment ...
GMW Wemyss, Markham Shaw Pyle
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Critical Writings of Ford Madox Ford
If you will reflect on the language you then employed— and the writer— you will
find that it was something like: "Cheerio, old bean. The beastly Adjutant's Parade
is at five ack emma. Will you take my Johnnie's and let me get a real good fug in ...
Ford Madox Ford, Frank MacShane, 1964
“Ack!” Emma said. Oh, no! Emma was totally freaking out! What the—? “Emma!” I
hissed, desperately. Emma's eyes widened, and . . . she saw me! Emma stood up
and stomped over to my hiding spot behind a low shelf. “Shhh!” I said. “I'm not ...
Julia DeVillers, Jennifer Roy, 2011
These men caught up to me, took my hand and brought me ack.” Emma knew
that she had witnesse a miracle, her small daughter had been literally brought
back from the spirit world. (Life Story of Parley Thomas Richins and Fannie Judd,
p.
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Kel Richards' Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Kel Richards. letters of the alphabet (referring to 'AM' as 'ack emma' and 'PM' as '
pip emma' – that sort of thing). Hence the quaint expression 'going ackwillie'. The
earliest citation is from 1943.
