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Gladstone bag or woman. The G.I. Joe trademark has been used by the toy company Hasbro producing a line of action figures. GI Joe’s appeal to children have made it somewhat of an American icon among toys. Gladstone bag – кожаный саквояж Глэдстоуна A Gladstone bag is a small portmanteau suitcase built over a rigid frame which could separate into two equal sections. Unlike a suitcase, a Gladstone bag is “deeper in proportion to its length.” They are typically made of stiff leather and often belted with lanyards. The bags are named after William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), the four-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Go/Gone for a Burton/burton (Br inf) – отдать концы, погибнуть; сбегать за пивом Meet with disaster; be ruined, destroyed, or killed. This phrase first appeared in mid-20th century air force slang, meaning “be killed in a crash”. There are two main interpretations of the phrase: • Go for a burton refers to the beer brewed in the Midlands town of Burton-upon-Trent, which was and still is famous for its breweries. In the late 1930s, advertisements for the beer showed a group of drinkers with one missing and the sign said “Gone for a Burton”. So, gone for a burton is a euphemistiс phrase meaning literally “gone for a drink”. Also, RAF (Royal Air Force) pilots who crashed, especially those who crashed into the sea, i.e. “in the drink”, were said to have “gone for a burton”. • Go for a burton is a reference to the suits made by Montague Burton, who supplied the majority of the demobilization suits that British servicemen were given on leaving service after WWII (see the Full Monty, p. 57). This phrase is now 62