conscientious objector
conchie informal
conchy informal , CO (abbreviation)

Was a conscientious objector any less of a human being?

Big Foot is a conscientious objector to the 9-to-5 work world.

He worked there as a conscientious objector until April, 1946.

One of them, as a conscientious objector, did not serve in the army.

His mistake had been not being a conscientious objector in the first place.

He registered as a conscientious objector during the second world war.

Conscientious objectors did play an active role although their numbers were small.

There was, at first, no alternative service for conscientious objectors.

"I was going through a discharge as a conscientious objector."

Conscientious objectors were required to serve into 1947, past the end of the war.

Or as they would have it, conscientious objectors in a fight for individual freedom.

"We were basically conscientious objectors while in the Army," he says.

He turned instead to law, and part of his practice was to defend conscientious objectors.

He was also imprisoned from 1918 to 1919 for being a conscientious objector.

The main focus of their work was counseling conscientious objectors.

He was a special hearing officer for conscientious objectors from 1965 to 1966.

To some folks, that was what being a conscientious objector meant.

"At the moment, if you're a conscientious objector, you have a good chance of doing neither military nor social service."

This philosophy thus has nothing to do with that of the conscientious objector.

National service would be introduced, with an alternative for conscientious objectors.

He is chiefly known for his support of conscientious objectors.

Conscientious objectors could however opt for 9 months of civil service instead.

Perhaps somebody else is drafted to do so instead, but the conscientious objector does not.

"I'm still struggling to be a conscientious objector," he said.

In the battle of the sexes, he's a conscientious objector.

Conchie A conscientious objector to military service.

When construction began in September, 1943 people were told this would be a "Conchie Camp" for the conscientious objectors from the United States.

He hates conscientious objectors; he sees them as abnormal as they do not want to fight for their country, as shown when he discovers Godfrey is a conchie.

Known by various names over the centuries: In 845 as Concilium, in 1406 as Conchy-les-Waben and by 1608 as Conchie.

Conchie J, Findlay J, Levvy GA: Mammalian glycosidases: distribution in the body.

Rivers states that he feels uneasy about Sassoon entering Craiglockhart, doubting that he is shell-shocked; the doctor feels uncomfortable about the prospect of sheltering a "conchie".

It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Flight-Lieutenant Bertie J. Conchie, Royal Air Force, pilot with the British Antarctic Survey, 1969-75.

STRENGTHS-BASED LEADERSHIP, by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie.

Strengths Based Leadership (2009), a Wall Street Journal bestseller coauthored with Barry Conchie, is based on Rath's and Gallup's research on leadership and on what followers expect from their leaders (trust, compassion, stability, hope).

Two people can't be decent to a conchy on the same evening.

Through this, Conchy began its newspaper run on March 2, 1970.

Conchy was a critically acclaimed but only modestly successful American comic strip that ran from 1970 to 1977.

Now honky means 'whitey' and rhymes with Conchy.

"You a damned yellow conchy, too?"

"Conchy on top, that's what!

Conchy consisted of both typical gag strips and strips about serious subjects like nuclear proliferation, political corruption and death.

And the wheels of the train had gone turning along, crying out, "Conchy, conchy!"

Conchy Joe or Conky Joe: a white Bahamian.

Since he'd come, there'd been only two civil sentences spoken to him, and both of them before the speakers knew he carried the little blue card of a conchy.

"Good-bye, conchy!

Conchy Joe's Seafood, 3945 North Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach; (407) 334-1130.

By 1974, Conchy was appearing in 26 papers, finally attracting a syndicate's interest, from Field Enterprises, who signed Childress up that year.

Conchy, damned yellow conchy!

James Childress (April 13, 1941-January 22, 1977) created Conchy in the early 1960s as an homage to his love of beachcombing.

Evanier wrote in his blog on December 29, 2005, "I'd like to see someone do a big book that collected the entirety of Conchy, a short-lived but wonderful newspaper strip."

I was told by a black Bahamian that the origin of the word Conch came from Conchy Joe which is the black Bahamian equivalent of 'whitey.'

The 2nd Brigade under Vincent Martel De Conchy included the 36th Light, 102nd Line, and 106th Line Infantry Regiments.

An old tradition: Conchy Joes like him had always been smugglers, from cocaine back through Prohibition rum boats and Civil War blockade runners, and before that wreckers and pirates.

The term "Conchy Joe" is also sometimes used (derogatorily) to refer to a native Bahamian of European descent or a person of non-European or mixed descent who "acts white".

Currently, the retail establishments Conchy Joe's, New England Seafood, Shucker's, Finz, and Shrimpers actively collect oyster shells, which are picked up weekly by Florida Oceanographic volunteers.

Almost every week the boys caught a spy or pushed a conchy into the army, and during the rationing period 'EAT LESS BREAD' was printed in large type on every page.

"The Sun-Person" "The Logic Pool" TIMELIKE INFINITY A.D. 3717: Launch of GUTship Conchy.

During this time, Tempo Books published three collections of Conchy dailies: Conchy, Man of the Now, Conchy on the Half-Shell (abridged from the first book, with new material added), and Conchy, Living in Tomorrow's Past.