Catchword: interview without coffee

Filed under: English, Military

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: The meeting between Geoff Hoon and Samantha, the widow of Sergeant Steve Roberts, shot after he had handed back his body armour in Iraq, will be something of an interview without coffee—military jargon for a commander’s dressing-down of a subordinate.

Article or Document Title:
“Troops face an unacceptable level of risk”

Author:
Robert Fox

Article, document, publication, web site:
Evening Standard

Publishing location:
U.K.

Date of publication:
Jan. 19, 2004

Page number:
2

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