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pocket battleship
noun
- a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
pocket battleship
noun
- a small heavily armoured and armed battle cruiser specially built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament, esp any of those built by Germany in the 1930s
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pocket battleship1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
Shells from the pocket battleship sent up huge columns of water alongside.
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Stan could not tell whether they had put the pocket battleship out or not.
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He had heard about Stan and O'Malley's attack upon the pocket battleship.
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