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sloops-of-war

sloops-of-war is the plural of sloop-of-war.

Meaning of sloop-of-war

Noun

sloop-of-war (plural sloops-of-war)

  1. (UK, historical) A warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns.

Questions about sloops-of-war

What is sloops-of-war the plural of?
Sloops-of-war is the plural of sloop-of-war.

Words near sloops-of-war in the dictionary

  1. sloop-of-war
  2. slooplike
  3. sloopman
  4. sloopmen
  5. sloops
  6. sloops-of-war
  7. sloos
  8. sloosh
  9. slooshed
  10. slooshes
  11. slooshing

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