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goolie chit en · NOUN

Etymology

Officers hoped the document would see them returned home with their goolies (testicles) intact.

Meanings

  1. (UK, slang) A document addressed to civilians in a combat zone offering a reward for safe return of a downed airman.
    • There was one other thing. If the goolie chits didn't prove all that persuasive, we each had a big .45 in a canvas holster around our waist, and Hudd and his man had Stirlings. 2010, David Fiddimore, Silent War, page 391:
    • "My oath," he said, "here's a man got his goolie chit. And I left mine behind. How fat can you get?" "I've got mine," said Ward quietly, tapping his pocket. "It's not your goolies I'm worried about," said Curnow. 2012, Ralph Barker, Down in the Drink:

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