What does squaddie mean?
Squaddie means (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A private in the army..
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/ˈskwɒd.i/ · noun
(slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A private in the army..
He'll turn out to be a squaddie— a Muslim squaddie. Exactly the kind of victim they're looking for.
Hard men from the high flats and off-dutie squaddies threw back their pints shoulder to shoulder in its spartan public bar.
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Squaddie means (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A private in the army..
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He'll turn out to be a squaddie— a Muslim squaddie. Exactly the kind of victim they're looking for.
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