walking wounded
Use Walking wounded in a sentencewalking wounded
noun
1.
casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
2.
Informal. persons who have been damaged or defeated psychologically or emotionally by their experiences in life.
Origin:
1915–20
1915–20
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Walking wounded
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example sentences
Fifteen to twenty patients will be transported to local hospitals and there will be some walking wounded also.
As a bonus, the centre can also provide walking wounded and phone calls from distressed relatives.
Later, charter buses were brought in to transfer the walking wounded to area hospitals.
Each one can carry two patients on litters and several walking wounded.
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