trench derby

English

Alternative forms

  • trench-derby

Noun

trench derby (plural trench derbies)

  1. (military slang, World War I) A tin hat.

References

  • Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 113
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