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Dirty Half Hundred
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English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Proper noun
1.2.1
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English
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Etymology
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On account of their tattered and soiled appearance during the Peninsular War.
Proper noun
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the
Dirty
Half
Hundred
(
UK
,
military
,
slang
,
historical
)
The
50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
.
References
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John Camden Hotten (
1873
)
The Slang Dictionary
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