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sacrificial lambs

sacrificial lambs is the plural of sacrificial lamb.

Meaning of sacrificial lamb

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.

Questions about sacrificial lambs

What is sacrificial lambs the plural of?
Sacrificial lambs is the plural of sacrificial lamb.

Words near sacrificial lambs in the dictionary

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

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