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lobsterback

noun

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of lobster + back, from the resemblance to lobsters of the red coats worn by the British soldiers.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg-✻ — “to bend”
  2. inherited from *baką✻
  3. inherited from *bak✻
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as lobsterback — “lobster + back”

Definitions

  1. A British soldier during the War of 1812.

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