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Lockerbies

Lockerbies is the plural of Lockerbie.

Meaning of Lockerbie

Noun

Lockerbie (plural Lockerbies)

  1. A terrorist bomb attack on an aeroplane.
    • So is it not prudent to install metal detectors in airports to try to prevent Lockerbies and Oklahoma Cities?1996, Joseba Zulaika, William A. Douglass, Terror and taboo: the follies, fables, and faces of terrorism, page 9

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Questions about Lockerbies

What is Lockerbies the plural of?
Lockerbies is the plural of Lockerbie.

Words near Lockerbies in the dictionary

  1. locker rooms
  2. locker-room
  3. locker-room talk
  4. locker-rooms
  5. Lockerbie
  6. Lockerbies
  7. lockerbox
  8. lockerboxes
  9. Lockeridge
  10. Lockeridges
  11. Lockerley

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