civil war slangs
Across
- 2. - good for you
- 3. - complain
- 4. - exclamation meaning, &'terrific!' or 'hurrah!'
- 5. - nonsense
- 6. - to take leave, to disappear
- 7. - if that don't beat all
- 9. - haversack
- 11. liquor
- 13. - big wigs, important people
- 15. - refers to men on sick call; named after blue pill.
- 16. - braggart, bully
Down
- 1. - Absent With Out Leave
- 2. - been through a lot, seen it all
- 4. - to camp without formal shelter or in temporary circumstances
- 6. - to admit the truth, to confess a lie, or acknowledge an obvious personal shortcoming
- 8. - bad person, good for nothing
- 10. - a long, sharp knife
- 11. - lice
- 12. - stomach
- 14. - trick or deceive
- 16. – malingerer, someone who deliberately lags behind to forage or