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Blind Half-Hundred

Blind Half-Hundred proper noun: the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot.

Proper noun

the Blind Half-Hundred

  1. (UK, historical, slang) The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot.

Origin of Blind Half-Hundred

So called because many members suffered from ophthalmia.

Questions about Blind Half-Hundred

What does Blind Half-Hundred mean?
Blind Half-Hundred means the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot.
What part of speech is Blind Half-Hundred?
Blind Half-Hundred is a proper noun.

Words near Blind Half-Hundred in the dictionary

  1. Blind Freddy
  2. blind goby
  3. blind grass
  4. blind gut
  5. blind guts
  6. Blind Half-Hundred
  7. blind hockey
  8. blind hole
  9. blind holes
  10. Blind Hookey
  11. blind item

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