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Green Goddess

British  

noun

  1. an army fire engine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Green Goddess

C20: so-called because of its green livery

Example Sentences

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Diana Moran, aka the Green Goddess, also turned back the clock to lead an exercise routine at Waterloo station.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2023

You could rightly call this dish the Green Goddess of frittatas.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2021

Italian dressing comes in second, with a comparatively meager 10% indicating that as their preference; at the time, Green Goddess didn't garner enough votes to make the list.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2021

As such, I'm really digging hearty sandwiches, stacked high with roasted vegetables, a little cheese, some greens and slathered with a good Green Goddess spread.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2021

The Green Goddess is sound and shipshape in structure, for all the fact that it is hardly a searching study of any form of life save that found within the theater.

From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood

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