Trivia 11-15-18 Slang

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Interesting question! :smile:

1. It's the gold braid used on officers' uniforms.
2. It's a humorous name for a soldier assigned as an officer's servant or for one who cooked for his mess.
3. means "on foot"
4. means "money"

Sources: The Language of the Civil War (#2):
Dog Robber.JPG

Life in Civil War America (#1, 3 and 4):
Chicken guts.JPG
Spondulix_Shanks Mare.JPG
 
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1. Chicken guts: gold braid indicating officer rank
2. Dog robber: A U.S. Army tern of an officer's valet/orderly
3. Shanks mare: (shank is a shinbone) the term for being afoot, as in soldiers walking
4. Spondulix: money or cash
 
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