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sacrificial lamb

sacrificial lamb noun: a lamb killed as an offering to the gods.

Noun

sacrificial lamb (plural sacrificial lambs)

  1. A lamb killed as an offering to the gods.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) A person who is sacrificed (not literally) for the greater good of some cause.

Forms of sacrificial lamb

pluralsacrificial lambs

Questions about sacrificial lamb

What does sacrificial lamb mean?
Sacrificial lamb means a lamb killed as an offering to the gods.
What part of speech is sacrificial lamb?
Sacrificial lamb is a noun.
What is the plural of sacrificial lamb?
The plural of sacrificial lamb is sacrificial lambs.

Words near sacrificial lamb in the dictionary

  1. sacrificeth
  2. sacrificial
  3. sacrificial anode
  4. sacrificial anodes
  5. sacrificial hyperconjugation
  6. sacrificial lamb
  7. sacrificial lambs
  8. sacrificial poet
  9. sacrificial poets
  10. sacrificialism
  11. sacrificiality

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