GR translation: manly, haggard, hard drinkers

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 02:08:22 UTC 2022


Standard meaning:  exhausted and unkempt

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 9:59 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V135.34-35, P138.10-12   and Herod or Hitler, fellas (the chaplains out in
> the Bulge are manly, haggard, hard drinkers), what kind of a world is it
>
> What does "haggard" mean here?
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