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floating academy

floating academy noun: those ships on which criminals were subjected to transportation or (later) to hard labor.

Noun

floating academy (plural floating academies)

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

Forms of floating academy

pluralfloating academies

Questions about floating academy

What does floating academy mean?
Floating academy means those ships on which criminals were subjected to transportation or (later) to hard labor.
What part of speech is floating academy?
Floating academy is a noun.
What is the plural of floating academy?
The plural of floating academy is floating academies.

Words near floating academy in the dictionary

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

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