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midshipman's nuts

midshipman's nuts noun: broken pieces of biscuit eaten as dessert.

Noun

midshipman's nuts pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Broken pieces of biscuit eaten as dessert.

Questions about midshipman's nuts

What does midshipman's nuts mean?
Midshipman's nuts means broken pieces of biscuit eaten as dessert.
What part of speech is midshipman's nuts?
Midshipman's nuts is a noun.

Words near midshipman's nuts in the dictionary

  1. midshipman
  2. midshipman fish
  3. midshipman's butter
  4. midshipman's hitch
  5. midshipman's hitches
  6. midshipman's nuts
  7. midshipmanship
  8. midshipmen
  9. midshipmite
  10. midshipmites
  11. midshippeople

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