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Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel

Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel noun: one of the native people of Papua New Guinea who, during the Second World War, helped escort or stretcher wounded Australian soldiers to field hospitals.

Noun

Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel (plural Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels)

  1. (Australia, informal) One of the native people of Papua New Guinea who, during the Second World War, helped escort or stretcher wounded Australian soldiers to field hospitals.
    • Yet the statue is drawn from one of the most famous of all Australian images: the photograph from World War II of a blind, wounded soldier being guided down a jungle track by a Papuan carrier, a ‘fuzzy wuzzy angel’.2002, Don Watson, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM, page 251
    • I want to commend the motion passed this week because it calls for the immediate determination of a new award and medal to be presented to the fuzzy wuzzy angels, who carried stretchers, stores and wounded diggers directly on their shoulders over some of the toughest terrain in the world.2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates Australia: House of Representatives, volume 135, page 6150

Forms of Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel

pluralFuzzy Wuzzy Angels

Origin of Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel

First attested in Sapper Bert Beros′s 1942 poem Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, and popularised by the Australian wartime press.

Questions about Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel

What does Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel mean?
Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel means one of the native people of Papua New Guinea who, during the Second World War, helped escort or stretcher wounded Australian soldiers to field hospitals.
What part of speech is Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel?
Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel is a noun.
What is the plural of Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel?
The plural of Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel is Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels.

Words near Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel in the dictionary

  1. fuzzy over
  2. fuzzy search
  3. fuzzy set
  4. fuzzy sets
  5. fuzzy wuzzy
  6. Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel
  7. Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels
  8. fuzzy-ball
  9. fuzzy-guzzy
  10. fuzzy-headed
  11. fuzzy-minded

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