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base wallah

base wallah noun: a person employed at a military base, or with a job far behind the front lines.

Noun

base wallah (plural base wallahs)

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang) A person employed at a military base, or with a job far behind the front lines.

Forms of base wallah

pluralbase wallahs

Questions about base wallah

What does base wallah mean?
Base wallah means a person employed at a military base, or with a job far behind the front lines.
What part of speech is base wallah?
Base wallah is a noun.
What is the plural of base wallah?
The plural of base wallah is base wallahs.

Words near base wallah in the dictionary

  1. base tunnel
  2. base tunnels
  3. base unit
  4. base units
  5. base upon
  6. base wallah
  7. base wallahs
  8. base yard
  9. base yards
  10. base year
  11. base years

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