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swamp angel

swamp angel noun: a mosquito.

Noun

swamp angel (plural swamp angels)

  1. (slang) A mosquito.
    • “[…] Let's eat lunch before the swamp angels find us.”
      “Mosquitoes,” Marian translated for her.2013, Donald R. Wilson, The Bucket Flower, page 88
  2. (US, historical, slang) A Parrott rifle.
    • On the 17th, the Parrot ^([sic]) "swamp angels" were moved to a position nearer Coosawhatchie bridge, […]1873, Henry Hall, James Hall, Cayuga in the Field, page 218
    • The two story brick house lay in ruins but had been fortified with Parrot rifles or 'swamp angels' that spewed forth their eight inch shot and shell at the Union lines, one thousand yards due east of it.2009, S. A. Carter, The Dark Side of the Mountain, page 372

Forms of swamp angel

pluralswamp angels

Questions about swamp angel

What does swamp angel mean?
Swamp angel means a mosquito.
What part of speech is swamp angel?
Swamp angel is a noun.
What is the plural of swamp angel?
The plural of swamp angel is swamp angels.

Words near swamp angel in the dictionary

  1. swamis
  2. swammest
  3. swammies
  4. swammy
  5. swamp
  6. swamp angel
  7. swamp angels
  8. swamp antechinus
  9. swamp ape
  10. swamp apes
  11. swamp ass

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