Dim as a Toc-h Lamp

Posted by James Briggs on December 18, 2003

In Reply to: Dim as a Toc-h Lamp posted by Graham Roach on December 18, 2003

: any ideas to the this means....???

TocH was a charity, similar to the Salvation Army. It set up various troop facilities in WW1. If these were near the front line, then the outside lamp was very dim for safety reasons. Hence the saying.

• Dim as a Toc-h Lamp Barney 18/December/03
  • Dim as a Toc-h Lamp JohnC 19/December/03
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