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swamp angels

swamp angels is the plural of swamp angel.

Meaning of swamp angel

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

Questions about swamp angels

What is swamp angels the plural of?
Swamp angels is the plural of swamp angel.

Words near swamp angels in the dictionary

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

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