Dirty Half Hundred

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English

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Etymology

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On account of their tattered and soiled appearance during the Peninsular War.

Proper noun

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the Dirty Half Hundred

  1. (UK, military, slang, historical) The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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