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Kilroy was here

Kilroy was here phrase: inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.

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Phrase

Kilroy was here

  1. Inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.
  2. (meme, late 20th c., non-military) Graffiti scrawled by random anglophones in random locations, with no associations or connotations

Questions about Kilroy was here

What does Kilroy was here mean?
Kilroy was here means inserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.
What part of speech is Kilroy was here?
Kilroy was here is a phrase.

Words near Kilroy was here in the dictionary

  1. Kilpeck
  2. Kilpedder
  3. Kilpin
  4. Kilrea
  5. Kilroy
  6. Kilroy was here
  7. Kilrush
  8. Kils
  9. Kilsby
  10. Kilsheelan
  11. Kilsyth

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