Meanings
plural bombies
- LaosA bomblet from a cluster bomb.
Bombies were everywhere, as plentiful as seashells at the beach and sold the same way conch shells are in Florida.
2007, Phil Karber, The IndoChina Chronicles: Travels in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam1 more example
They knew about the bombies as well as the fun of soccer that they played almost every day. The American cluster bombs dropped during the Vietnam War were scattered over the Laotian countryside by the millions.
2009, Henry Pelifian, Stellar Energies to America, page 119
Origin
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