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"Strafe" Quotes from Famous Books

... Frau or Child a mile from me laughs it is as when into my All-Highest Face gelaughed is and the Strafe shall ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 19, 1917 • Various

... stables, proceeding myself towards the village pump, which I had been told was always a good place to work from. But there was little sign of life here. The place was deserted, except for one old man who was supporting himself by the pump handle, while with a stick in his other hand he tried to strafe a hen that had ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 16, 1916 • Various

... me much trouble! Will any son of gallant Scotland, or loyalist Ireland, or of those great Dominions, whose share in the war has knit them closer than ever to the Mother Country—should he come across this little book—forgive me that I have finally chosen "England" to stand for us all? "Gott strafe England!" has been the German cry of hate. I have given what I conceive to be "England's" reply. "Britain"—"Great Britain" are words that for all their profound political significance have still to be steeped a good deal longer in life and literature before they stir ...

— The War on All Fronts: England's Effort - Letters to an American Friend • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... warble-fly Is absolutely doomed to die. They've summoned all the General Staff, There's going to be a mighty "strafe," And soon the land from shore to shore Will echo with the din of war, As armed hosts with martial cries Descend upon ...

— Punch, Volume 156, 26 March 1919 • Various

Words linked to "Strafe" : assail, strafer, onslaught, attack, onrush, onset