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quarter-bloke

quarter-bloke noun: a quartermaster, or quartermaster sergeant.

Noun

quarter-bloke (plural quarter-blokes)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A quartermaster, or quartermaster sergeant.
    • ‘A private is ordered to complete some deficiency in his kit, and he goes to the quarter-bloke for it and gets nothing but abuse for his trouble.’1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 128

Forms of quarter-bloke

pluralquarter-blokes

Questions about quarter-bloke

What does quarter-bloke mean?
Quarter-bloke means a quartermaster, or quartermaster sergeant.
What part of speech is quarter-bloke?
Quarter-bloke is a noun.
What is the plural of quarter-bloke?
The plural of quarter-bloke is quarter-blokes.

Words near quarter-bloke in the dictionary

  1. quarter windows
  2. quarter-ass
  3. quarter-assed
  4. quarter-asses
  5. quarter-assing
  6. quarter-bloke
  7. quarter-blokes
  8. quarter-blood
  9. quarter-bloods
  10. quarter-breed
  11. quarter-breeds

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