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dad's army

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
dad's army
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Territorial Army.

British usage; Slang

Etymology

After Dad's Army, a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War.

Usage

Questions

What does dad's army mean?
The Territorial Army.
Where does dad's army come from?
After Dad's Army, a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War.

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