| George Baker's second world war comic strip about a put upon infantry soldier (3,4) |
The Guardian Weekend |
25 Apr 2026 |
| Hopelessly inept sort |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Bumbling sort |
Universal |
16 Apr 2025 |
| Schlemiel |
New York Times |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Pathetic chap beginning to dread it in bed (3,4) |
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| Sorry to fire inept person in the US |
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| Pathetically inept person (2 wds) |
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| Inept one |
Newsday |
12 Jan 2023 |
| Bumbling one |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2022 |
| Bumbling one |
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| Extremely inept person |
Universal |
19 Feb 2022 |
| Pitiful person |
Universal |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Perennial loser |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Perennial loser |
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| Pathetically inept person |
Universal |
01 Feb 2016 |
| Bumbling loser |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2016 |
| Pathetically inept person |
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| Bungler |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Bungler |
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| Hapless WWII cartoon GI |
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| Schlemiel |
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| Comics soldier (with "The") |
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| Army cartoon character |
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| Inept person |
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| Hopelessly inept fellow |
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| Debbie downer |
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| Schlemiel |
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| Hapless sort |
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| Hapless sort |
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| Woefully inept person |
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| Debbie Downer |
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| Born loser |
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| Hapless sort |
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| Pathetic person |
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| Oaf |
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| Perennial loser |
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| Inept sort |
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| Born loser |
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| Bumbler |
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| Bumbler |
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| Inept soldier |
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| Blunderer |
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| Inept GI |
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| Bumbler |
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| Pathetic bumbler |
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| Army cartoon character |
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| Inept person |
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| Pathetically inept person |
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| Comics soldier, with "The" |
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| GI washout |
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| Cartoon private |
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| Inept G.I. |
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| Frustrated G. I. |
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| Geo. Baker's cartoon G.I. |
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| G.I. of a sort. |
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| Misfit: Slang. |
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| Misfit, military style. |
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| Military blunderer: Slang. |
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| Soldier of a sort. |
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| Ineffective soldier: Slang. |
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| Doleful comic strip character. |
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| Hapless one: Slang. |
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| Misfit of W. W. II |
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