Meaning of swamp angel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mosquito.
   slang
2. A Parrott rifle.
   US, historical, slang

Examples

““[…] Let's eat lunch before the swamp angels find us.” “Mosquitoes,” Marian translated for her.”

“On the 17th, the Parrot ^([sic]) "swamp angels" were moved to a position nearer Coosawhatchie bridge, […]”

“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.”

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