Words & TermsWar, service and history
mercy blow through
Thank you very much, a comic soldiers' rendering of French merci beaucoup.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “mercy blow through” means thank you very much, a comic soldiers' rendering of French merci beaucoup.
Where it came from
AIF glossaries directly record the mangled-French wartime form.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian military usage; historical