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Mess Call
Mess Call is a bugle call which signals mealtime.
Mess call is associated with the following lyrics:
Soupy, soupy, soupy, without a single bean: Coffee, coffee, coffee, without a speck of cream: Porky, porky, porky, without a streak of lean.Usage examples of "mess call".
At noon I'd been startled to hear a trumpet sound mess call, and I went out to see who was doing it.
But mostly, the place looked as deserted as a barracks after morning mess call.
The only good thing about steward duty was that most of the officers ate at the same time so there wasn't much to do between meals--and his shift would end before the next mess call.