Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—K

Koli

or the Kolis. The 51st Foot, so called in 1821 from the initial letters of the regimental title, King's Own Light Infantry. Subsequently called the “Second Yorkshire (West Riding),” and now called the “1st Battalion of the South Yorkshire Regiment.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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