Gammon Bomb

The Gammon bomb, officially known as the No. 82 grenade was a British hand grenade used during World War II.

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Famous quotes containing the words gammon and/or bomb:

    “A frog he would a-wooing go,
    Heigh ho! says Rowley,
    Whether his mother would let him or no.
    With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach,
    Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. A frog he would a-wooing go (l. 1–5)

    “[A] Dada exhibition. Another one! What’s the matter with everyone wanting to make a museum piece out of Dada? Dada was a bomb ... can you imagine anyone, around half a century after a bomb explodes, wanting to collect the pieces, sticking it together and displaying it?”
    —Max Ernst (1891–1976)