Alleyman

English Etymology From en fr Allemand a German, with alteration after en alley, en man. Pronunciation en /ˈa.li.mən/ /ˈa.li.man/ UK Noun s Alleymen en military slang now _ historical A German, especially during the First World War. from 20th c. a.1918, ‘I Want to Go Home’ (song): Take me over the sea, where the Alleyman can't get at me. Oh my, I don't want to die, I want to go home. en 1941 Blackwood's Magazine 250 220 In the trenches the men of both races shared their cigarettes and rum rations, and exchanged the most impossible yarns of what they had done, or would do, to the 'Alleyman!' en 1954 w:Henry Williamson How Dear is Life 239 "Why don't the naval guns fire back?""They only fire when the Alleyman attacks, mate."