conchy
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conchy (plural conchies)
- (slang) A conscientious objector.
- 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 103:
- ‘'arf o' them snivellin' conshies back 'ome 'd fight like rats if they was cornered.’
- 2015, Matthew De Abaitua, If Then:
- Some of the conchies were sent to the front as stretcher bearers.