di-o-ree

Updated: June 2, 2025

Directly you'll double up, pucker, and say that you have the "di-o-ree," and require an ambulance. Orderly!" A sergeant came up and touched his cap. "Take your musket," said the Colonel; "go out to that orchard, and order those men away. If they hesitate or object, shoot them!" A few such colonels would marvellously improve the volunteer organization.

George Alfred Townsend - Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,: and His Romaunt Abroad During the War