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floating academies

floating academies is the plural of floating academy.

Meaning of floating academy

Noun

floating academy (plural floating academies)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) Those ships on which criminals were subjected to transportation or (later) to hard labor.

Questions about floating academies

What is floating academies the plural of?
Floating academies is the plural of floating academy.

Words near floating academies in the dictionary

  1. floatiest
  2. floatily
  3. floatin'
  4. floatiness
  5. floating
  6. floating academies
  7. floating academy
  8. floating around
  9. floating at
  10. floating beacon
  11. floating beacons

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