green linnets

proper noun

A regiment raised in Poolbeg, Dublin which embarked in 1781 to Jamaica to serve in the American Revolutionary War.

Meanings

green linnets1

noun
  1. pluralplural of green linnet

Green Linnets2

proper noun
  1. IrelandhistoricalA regiment raised in Poolbeg, Dublin which embarked in 1781 to Jamaica to serve in the American Revolutionary War.
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Chicago

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