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KILROY

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Overview

KILROY (noun)
  The noun KILROY has 1 sense:

1. a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War IIplay

  Familiarity information: KILROY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


KILROY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

Kilroy was here

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))


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