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Dirty Half Hundred

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

Proper noun

the Dirty Half Hundred

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

Origin of Dirty Half Hundred

On account of their tattered and soiled appearance during the Peninsular War.

Questions about Dirty Half Hundred

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

Words near Dirty Half Hundred in the dictionary

  1. dirty floats
  2. dirty Gertie
  3. dirty girl
  4. dirty girls
  5. dirty grease
  6. Dirty Half Hundred
  7. Dirty Harry
  8. dirty ice cream
  9. dirty joke
  10. dirty jokes
  11. dirty kitchen

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