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Taffy is a colloquial nickname for a Welshman. It derives from the supposed Welsh pronunciation of the name Davy.
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Buccaneer was a name derived from the Carib boucan, a place for smoking meat, first given to European settlers in Haiti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine and smoke their flesh. In an extended sense the name was applied to English and French adventurers, mostly seafaring people, who, combining for mutual defence against the arrogant pretensions of the Spaniards to the dominion of the whole of America, frequented the West Indies in the 17th century, acquired predatory and lawless habits, and became ultimately, in many cases, little better than pirates.
The earliest association of these adventurers began about 1625, but they afterwards became much more formidable, and continued to be a terror until the opening of the 18th century, inflicting heavy losses upon the shipping trade of Spain, and even attacking large towns. Among their chief leaders were Montbars (Il exterminador), Peter the Great of Dieppe, L'Olonnas, de Busco, Van Horn, and the Welshman Henry Morgan, who, in 1670, marched across the isthmus, plundered Panama, and after being knighted by Charles II, became deputy-governor of Jamaica. The last great exploit of the buccaneers was the capture of Carthagena in 1697, after which they are lost sight of in the annals of vulgar piracy.
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Richard Rowlands was a Welshman hanged at Beaumaris for the murder of his father-in-law in 1862. Richard Rowlands protested his innocence to the moment he died, and examination of the case reveals that he was innocent of the crime and convicted upon the word of a single witness.
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The 41st Regiment of Foot was a British infantry regiment formed in 1719 when the Government decided to raise a 'Regiment of Invalids' from the 'outpatients' of the Royal Hospital. The Regiment undertook guard duties and manned forts along the coast. In 1787 the title 'Invalids' was dropped and it became a marching Regiment of the Line. During the Crimean War, the regiment won two VCs, Captain Rowlands being the first Welshman to win the medal. In 1783 the regiment linked with the 69th Regiment of Foot for recruiting purposes, and became the Welch Regiment.
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HMS Welshman was a British Abdiel class minelayer of 2650 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMS Welshman was armed with six 4.7-inch anti-aircraft guns and several smaller guns. She was powered by Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 40 knots.
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Colonel Gadaffi is London Cockney rhyming slang for a Welshman (Taffy).
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Sheepshagger is British slang for a countryman.
Sheepshagger is British slang for a Welshman.
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Taff is British slang for a Welshman.
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Taffy (based on Dafydd) is British slang for a Welshman.
Taffy is slang for flattery or soft phrases.
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