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alley at the toot
Go quickly; hurry away, in First World War soldiers' slang.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “alley at the toot” means go quickly; hurry away, in First World War soldiers' slang.
Where it came from
The AIF glossary records the comic Anglicised-French expression in Australian wartime usage.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian military usage; historical