subs. (military).—See quot.
1883. G. A. S[ALA], in Illustrated London News, 7 July, 3, 3. [A correspondent in S. Travancore says that in Tamil and Teluga “Rôtie” means a loaf of bread.] Long since Private Tommy Atkins, returning from Indian service, has acclimatised “Rôtie” (pronounced “ROOTY”) in the vocabulary of the British barrack. At least eight years ago I heard of a private soldier complaining in his barrack-room that he had not had his “proper section of ROOTY,” i.e., his proper ration of bread.
