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blitz baby

blitz baby noun: a person born in the United Kingdom during the heavy German bombing raids (the Blitz) of World War II.

Noun (1)

blitz baby (plural blitz babies)

  1. A person born in the United Kingdom during the heavy German bombing raids (the Blitz) of World War II.
    • I was a blitz baby, myself. I lived on rations when I was growing up.1957 October 14, Times Editor, “The New Pictures”, in Time, page 112
    • A Blitz Baby—his middle name was an homage to England's wartime prime minister—he was born in October 1940 during a brief lull in the German Luftwaffe's all-out effort to reduce England's strategic port city of Liverpool to rubble.2020, The Editors of PEOPLE, “John”, in PEOPLE Celebrating Beatlemania, page 27

Noun (2) capitalized: Blitz Baby

Blitz Baby (plural Blitz Babies)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of blitz baby.
    • A Blitz Baby—his middle name was an homage to England's wartime prime minister—he was born in October 1940 during a brief lull in the German Luftwaffe's all-out effort to reduce England's strategic port city of Liverpool to rubble.2020, The Editors of PEOPLE, “John”, in PEOPLE Celebrating Beatlemania, page 27

Noun (3) capitalized: Blitz baby

Blitz baby (plural Blitz babies)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of blitz baby.

Forms of blitz baby

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Origin of blitz baby

Blitz + baby.

Questions about blitz baby

What does blitz baby mean?
Blitz baby means a person born in the United Kingdom during the heavy German bombing raids (the Blitz) of World War II.
What part of speech is blitz baby?
Blitz baby is a noun.
What is the plural of blitz baby?
The plural of blitz baby is blitz babies.

Words near blitz baby in the dictionary

  1. blitter
  2. blitters
  3. blitting
  4. Blitts
  5. blitz
  6. blitz baby
  7. blitz chess
  8. blitz court
  9. blitz courts
  10. blitz hearing
  11. blitz hearings

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