pocket battleship

noun

1. a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.

pocket battleship

noun

1. a small heavily armoured and armed battle cruiser specially built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament, esp any of those built by Germany in the 1930s

Word History and Origins

Origin of pocket battleship¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Shells from the pocket battleship sent up huge columns of water alongside.

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Stan could not tell whether they had put the pocket battleship out or not.

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He had heard about Stan and O'Malley's attack upon the pocket battleship.

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