thirty-third-degree

Updated: October 19, 2025

One of the men who was not a full thirty-third-degree poilu had compromised with the razor on a moustache as blazing red as his shock of hair. "I think that the colonel gave him the tip that he would light the way for Zeppelins!" said a comrade. "Envy! Sheer envy!" was the retort.

Frederick Palmer - My Year of the War: Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and: the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the: First Time in its Complete Form