possy

A sergeant was in a "possy" (the soldier's term for his position in the firing-line and dugout) watching a party of Turks digging.

They called each other Possy and Smithy and got together once a week to play chess and exchange views on the universe in general.

As Smithy's eyes widened, Possy said dramatically: "Smithy, that boy killed this cat with a glance."

But then I said to myself, 'Possy, they are a bunch of dunderheaded old fossils over there.

Two men were in each possy, one firing and the other loading for him, so that a constant fire was kept up.