AWKWARD SQUAD

  

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AWKWARD SQUAD

Specialty Definition: AWKWARD SQUAD

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Awkward Squad In military language means recruits not yet fitted to take their place in the regimental line.
A squad is a troop or company of soldiers under a sergeant. It is a contraction of squadron. A squadron of cavalry is the unit of a regiment. Three or four squadrons make a regiment, and a certain number of regiments constitute an army. In naval affairs a squadron is a section of a fleet. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: AWKWARD SQUAD

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Bungler

No conjurer, flat, muff, slow coach, looby, lubber, swab; clod, yokel, awkward squad, blanc-bec; galoot.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: AWKWARD SQUAD

Specialty definitions using "AWKWARD SQUAD": Dying Sayings. (references)

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Photo Album: AWKWARD SQUAD

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The awkward squad. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Anagrams: AWKWARD SQUAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-d-k-q-r-s-u-w-w"

-5 letters: awkward.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AWKWARD SQUAD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 57 4B 57 41 52 44      53 51 55 41 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01010111 01001011 01010111 01000001 01010010 01000100 00100000 01010011 01010001 01010101 01000001 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#87 &#75 &#87 &#65 &#82 &#68 &#32 &#83 &#81 &#85 &#65 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0057 004B 0057 0041 0052 0044      0053 0051 0055 0041 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3557455735523825351553538

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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