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stretcher cases

stretcher cases is the plural of stretcher case.

Meaning of stretcher case

Noun

stretcher case (plural stretcher cases)

  1. An injured person who needs to be carried on a stretcher.
    • We filled two cars with stretcher cases as they came up from the cellar of the post and as I shut the door of the second car and fastened it I felt the rain on my face turn to snow.1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 180

Questions about stretcher cases

What is stretcher cases the plural of?
Stretcher cases is the plural of stretcher case.

Words near stretcher cases in the dictionary

  1. stretchedst
  2. stretcher
  3. stretcher bond
  4. stretcher bonds
  5. stretcher case
  6. stretcher cases
  7. stretcher match
  8. stretcher matches
  9. stretcher-bearer
  10. stretcher-bearers
  11. stretchered

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