Just to finalise the correspondence on RK and 'swipe',
I followed up a reference from the OED given to me by
Susan Treggari in the British Newspaper Library today.
'Swipe' appears in part II of a series titled "With
Number Three" on page 4 of the Daily Mail of 21st,
23rd, 24th & 25th April 1900. This is the hospital
train report.
'He was in luck. Had helped "swipe" a boer waggon
overturned by our shell fire; and picked up a semolina
from the dust.'
With best regards
David Page
Harrow UK
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