TEWT Army slang.
(tjuːt)
Also Tewt, etc.
An acronym formed on the initial letters of tactical exercise without troops, an exercise used in the training of junior officers.
| 1942 Partridge Dict. Abbrev. 95/2 T.E.W.T., slangily, a tewt or tute. A tactical exercise without troops. 1948 Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 191 Tewt,..on which junior officers learnt how to be generals. Invaluable according to some authorities (those who set the Tewts), a complete waste of time according to others (those who carried them out). 1952 E. Waugh Men at Arms ii. iii. 194 Leonard improvised ‘No more tewts and no more drill, No night ops to cause a chill.’ 1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger viii. 117 Above all, individual training was the time for TEWTs. 1980 Globe & Laurel July/Aug. 206/1 Two TEWTs were laid on for the officers and NCOs. |