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Meaning of bloody back | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A soldier.

archaic, derogatory, slang

Examples

“[…] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Bloody Caesar Bloody Code bloody dock bloody flux bloody hell Bloody Kansas

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