While reading Edgar Rice Burrough’s The Land that Time Forgot last night, I came across a term I’d never seen before: boche. From MSN Encarta – Dictionary – Boche:
Boche [ bosh, bawsh ] (plural Boches, Boche) or boche [ bosh, bawsh ] (plural boches, boche)noun
U.K. an offensive term for Germans considered collectively, especially German soldiers of World War I (dated)
[Early 20th century. Shortening of French alboche, a blend of allemand "German" and caboche "cabbage, blockhead."]