Corporal Forbes

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English

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Etymology

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A play on cholera morbus.

Proper noun

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Corporal Forbes

  1. (military, slang, archaic) gastroenteritis

References

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  • Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell (1903) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases
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