A piece of cake

... A piece of cake A 38-year-old shunter at Cricklewood railway sidings was charged at Hendon on Thursday with unlawful possession of a portion of Dundee cake, worth Ss. He was David Clark Robertson. of New Southgate. Police said they found the cake at his ...

Published: Thursday 10 February 1949
Newspaper: Hampstead News
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 444 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

It's a piece of Cake

... It's a piece of Cake When the R.A.F. boys score a success they call it `a piece of cake'. And, believe me, when they pop into the canteen for a hearty bite, the call is the same . . . . My ! this open-air life gives me an appetite something like yours ...

Published: Friday 03 September 1943
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 181 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

HIE JAP IS A PIECE OF CAKE

... said, were ♦he most Important things the whole lot. especially they were practically cut oil from the outride world JAPS—EASY CAKE After dealing with the position of he Germans, the writer says: Once go don't think Johnny Jap will r ep his end up very ...

R.A.F. Slang

... even more authoritative than ordinary gen. A wad should not be confused With a piece of cake. A wad is a bun, but a piece of cake is something which is easy to do, a walk-over. A trying or difficult job is a binding job, or a ...

Published: Tuesday 01 April 1941
Newspaper: Lynn News & County Press
County: Norfolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 211 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

“ Berlin is Easy ”

... Berlin Easy A comment of another kind from a young air gunner was : ” Compared with some other places in Germany, going to Berlin was a piece of cake.” I asked the Air Vice-marshal whether, during the next few months, until Christmas at all OFFICIAL ...

Published: Thursday 12 September 1940
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 107 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY

... WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY Squadron Leader Cable, pilot of the helicc:f)ter, said on his return: “It would have been a piece of cake to have got the man off had he been there. We arrived over the light within an hour of our take-off and saw a swimmer on the ...

Published: Monday 14 November 1949
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RAID ON FRANCE

... all went smoothly. When asked if he could put the parachutists down on that spot, an R.A.F. officer had said, “It’s a piece of cake”; and so it ...

Published: Monday 02 March 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 147 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Para-Phrases

... the expressive phrases in their vocabulary:— Umbrella man: Parachutist. Umbrella; Canopy of a parachute. Piece of duff: Easy. Piece of cake: Easy. Slap happy; Reckless. Dim as a N.A.A.F.I. candle: Slow thinker. Jankers: Collecting and ...

Published: Tuesday 31 March 1942
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 137 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A FOREIGN AFFAIR

... A FOREIGN AFFAIR •A) Daily at 5.15, ASS. J. ARTHUR RANK Pre«enU * Cyril Fletcher Betty Aeteflc A Piece of Cake Daily at ASS, 7.15. . , . . ■ This Madam «ss Ho, LANCAtH IRE’S TIME FOE ADVENTURE. ANDREW GRAY & CO. QOAKBYUASTEBB. OBROOK HILL AND SOUTHEBTOX ...

Published: Saturday 08 January 1949
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 151 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THIS WORLD OF OURS

... even more authoritative than ord nary gen. A wad should not be confused with piece of cake. A wad is a bun, but a piece of cake is something which is easy to do, a walk-over. A trying or difficult job is a binding job, or a ...

Tara'-phrases

... of the moresive phrases in their vocabulary: Umbrella Man: Parachutist. Umbrella: CanoPy of a Parachute. Piece of dug: Easy. Piece of cake: Easy. Jimmy: Extremely fortunate. Roman Candle landing: Any bad landing. Gone for a Burton: Hurt. ...

Published: Saturday 13 June 1942
Newspaper: Leicester Chronicle
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 192 | Page: 11 | Tags: none