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D.A.D.O.S. n. (Department appertaining to Dirty Old Shirts). The Department of the Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies.
D.S.O. n. Domestic Service Order.
DAG n. A humourist.
DATE n. A word signifying contempt.
DEAR AUNTIE expr. A phrase signifying utter weariness or disgust. It implies the well-known text of a fictitious soldier's letter: 'Dear Auntie: This ain't no ordinary war. It's a bloody b___, and if you want to see your little Johnny again, get right down on your knees, and pray like hell.'
DEEP THINKER n. A reinforcement who arrived in a fighting unit late in the course of the war.
DELLOO n. (Fr., De l'eau) Water.
DEMAIN n. (Fr.) Tomorrow.
DIGGER n. An Australian soldier (strictly an infantry man).
DINGBAT n. See BATMAN.
DINGBAT ALLEY n. A street in Peronne.
DINGI n. Money. Russia.
DINKUMS [THE] n. The 2nd Division. Also applied to the New Zealanders.
DISASTER n. A piastre (Egyptian coin).
DIVVY n. (1) A division; (2) a share.
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