subs. phr. (common).—TOMMY ATKINS (q.v.): popularised by Kipling’s verses in aid of the wives and children of soldiers serving in South Africa during the Boer War.
subs. phr. (common).—TOMMY ATKINS (q.v.): popularised by Kipling’s verses in aid of the wives and children of soldiers serving in South Africa during the Boer War.
