Ditto, both what I've read and what I recall, the 'screaming mimi" was a World War 2 German rocket so-named by the Allies because of its distinctive sound. Stacey, I think you're referring to another World War 2 German weapon, the V-1 flying bombs used against England. These were called "buzz bombs", also because of the sound they made. Another terrifying WW2 sound came from German dive bombers, which were fitted with passive sirens on their bodies that would produce a characteristic siren sound when they were diving to attack.

Thanks for these Jim_1. I usually just hit the like button and don't comment, but the like button is now gone for me.

And for those of us who didn't know: Snuff is a smokeless tobacco made from ground or pulverised tobacco leaves. It is inhaled or "snuffed" into the nasal cavity, delivering a swift hit of nicotine and a lasting flavoured scent (especially if flavouring has been blended with the tobacco). Was that the same as "take a powder"? Or was the powder something else?

Wash one’s hands When you wash your hands of something, you have dismissed it from your attention and plan to pay it no further heed. The expression comes from the action of Pontius Pilate (Matthew 27:24): “When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.”