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bloody backs

bloody backs is the plural of bloody back.

Meaning of bloody back

Noun

bloody back (plural bloody backs)

  1. (archaic, derogatory, slang) A soldier.
    • […] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]1912, Ralph Davol, Two Men of Taunton: In the Course of Human Events, 1731-1829, page 214

Questions about bloody backs

What is bloody backs the plural of?
Bloody backs is the plural of bloody back.

Words near bloody backs in the dictionary

  1. Bloodworths
  2. bloodworts
  3. bloody
  4. bloody 'ell
  5. bloody back
  6. bloody backs
  7. Bloody Caesar
  8. Bloody Caesars
  9. Bloody Code
  10. bloody dock
  11. bloody flux

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