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POCKET BATTLESHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pocket battleship mean?
• POCKET BATTLESHIP (noun)
The noun POCKET BATTLESHIP has 1 sense:
1. a small battleship built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament (from 1925 to 1930)
Familiarity information: POCKET BATTLESHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small battleship built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament (from 1925 to 1930)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pocket battleship" is a kind of...):
battleship; battlewagon (large and heavily armoured warship)
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