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Lobsterback

[lob-ster-bak]

lob·ster·back

[lob-ster-bak]
noun (esp. during the American Revolution)

Origin:
lobster + back1; in reference to the red color of cooked lobsters
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Lobsterback is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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lobsterback

noun
British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) [syn: redcoat
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