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单词 faugh-a-ballagh
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Faugh-a-Ballaghn.

Brit. /ˌfɔːxəˈbaləx/, U.S. /ˌfɔxəˈbæləx/, /ˌfɑxəˈbæləx/, Irish English /ˌfɒːxəˈbæləx/
Etymology: < Irish fág an bealach ‘clear the way’, the regimental war cry first known to have been used at the battle of Barrosa in 1811.
Now Historical.
In plural, the nickname of the Royal Irish Fusiliers (formerly the 87th Foot). Also elliptical, as Faughs n.
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c1811 Regimental song in M. Cunliffe Royal Irish Fusiliers (1952) 450 The ‘Faugh-a-Ballaghs’ cheered and charged, and boldly did pursue.
1829 J. Shipp Mem. Mil. Career II. ii. 38 Does your honour really belong to the old Fogaboloughs?
1925 A. R. Burrowes (title) The 1st Battalion, the Faugh-a-Ballaghs in the Great War.
1985 J. Cloake Templer xv. 390 The three regiments of the North Irish Brigade would merge..and..the 3rd Battalion of the new Regiment (i.e., the Faughs) would be disbanded.
1985 J. Cloake Templer xvi. 414 The story of the museum goes back..to the disbandment—narrowly escaped by the Faughs—of the Irish regiments in 1921.
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