Note 135 — BOOK III
W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation
Apparently soldiers' slang. Probably at some period an officer had bribed his men under the pretence of making special grants for the purchase of nails for their shoes.
W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation
Apparently soldiers' slang. Probably at some period an officer had bribed his men under the pretence of making special grants for the purchase of nails for their shoes.