单词 | heavies |
释义 | > as lemmasheavies a. In plural. heavies: heavy cavalry; the Dragoon Guards. rarely in singular. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry > heavy cavalry heavies1841 1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lviii, in Dublin Univ. Mag. Jan. 124/2 We'd better call out the ‘heavies’ by turns. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xi. 105 Have you..never happened to be listening to the band of the Heavies at Brighton? 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 86 In the British service there are 7 regiments of heavies, viz. the dragoon guards. The weight the horse of the heavies has to carry is over 19 stone. 1895 Daily News 19 Dec. 5/3 Old soldiers..representing the Household Cavalry, the heavies, Lancers, Hussars. < as lemmas |
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