merry men
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of merry men
C19: originally, the companions of a knight, outlaw, etc
Example Sentences
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Investigations by the rights organisation point to the involvement of a complex network of Colombian and Emirati companies which advertised "drone pilot work in Africa" targeting former Colombian army men.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
In July, when Nasser and the other army men who became known as the Free Officers carried out their revolution, the Bivas family was living in Paris.
From The New Yorker • May 7, 2019
Plastic tanks and army men give “Memoir ‘44” the appearance of a child’s game, but those friendly trappings belie complex dice- and card-based combat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2018
Others looked like the work of children, painted garish unwoods-like colors and housing plastic toys like green army men.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2016
He crawled under his bed and dragged out a dusty crate filled with green army men.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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