08/15
German
Germany
Expression
USED
Frequently
BY
Everybody
Something made cheaply and in a generic way, in a way that this thing is not really reliable; stems from the 08/15 machine gun the German army used in Ww1 (users of this expression usually don’t know this)
"That is some 08/15 lighter, it usually gets the job done of lighting my cigarette "
Submitted January 2024
by anonymous
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<p>Something made cheaply and in a generic way, in a way that this thing is not really reliable; stems from the 08/15 machine gun the German army used in Ww1 (users of this expression usually don’t know this) </p>