UB40
Britishnoun
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a registration card issued by the Department of Employment to a person registering as unemployed
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informal a person registered as unemployed
Example Sentences
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Campbell described it as "absolutely what produced UB40".
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
Rave also to the crowd, Marymoor Park and UB40.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Ali Campbell, an English musical artist and former lead man of reggae band UB40, spent time with Marley while on a recent U.S. tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Tributes came from UB40, Boy George and Elvis Costello, who said his voice "was the perfect instrument for the true and necessary songs on The Specials".
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2022
That song by UB40 called “One in Ten” thumped up through the bones of the Hotel Excalibur.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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