Battlewagon
battlewagon
noun
A battleship (1920s+ Navy)
A police patrol wagon (1920s+ Underworld)
Historical Examples
He was decorated again and given the battlewagon of an ailing four-striper.
The Adventurer Cyril M. Kornbluth
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- Battling
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo. participation in such hostile encounters or engagements: wounds received in battle. a fight between two persons or animals: ordering a trial by battle to settle the dispute. any conflict or struggle: a battle for control of the Senate. Archaic. a battalion. to […]
- Battology
wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing. n. “needless repetition in speaking or writing,” c.1600, from Greek battologia “a speaking stammeringly,” from battos “stammerer,” of imitative origin, + -logia (see -logy).
- Battologize
to repeat (a word, phrase, mannerism, etc.) excessively. (of writing or speaking) to repeat words, phrases, etc., to an excessive and tiresome degree.
- Battologist
wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing. n. “needless repetition in speaking or writing,” c.1600, from Greek battologia “a speaking stammeringly,” from battos “stammerer,” of imitative origin, + -logia (see -logy).
- Battue
Hunting. the beating or driving of game from cover toward a stationary hunter. a hunt or hunting party using this method of securing game. undiscriminating slaughter of defenseless or unresisting crowds. Historical Examples Having had a long morning’s ride, our first day’s battue was closed early. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia Thomas […]