Letter: A bounder, but what about her?

Tuesday 04 October 1994 23:02 BST

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Sir: Kevin O'Sullivan (letter, 4 October) provides the soldiers' distinction between bounder and cad; albeit somewhat historic, having been learnt on National Service. My understanding is that they do the same thing, but the cad brags about it afterwards in the mess; more recently in the press.

As the vices of the bounder and the cad are not solitary, I wonder are there similar distinctive military terms to distinguish the lady in the case?

Yours faithfully,

EDWARD TEAGUE

Rochdale

Lancashire

4 October

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