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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

lobster-backed

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01 adj. Of or pertaining to British soldiers during the Revolutionary War in America; -- so called because of their red coats.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to British soldiers during the Revolutionary War in America; -- so called because of their red coats.(American History)
Syn. red-coated.