Somme
[sɔm;sʌm]
Definition
(noun.) battle in World War I (1916).
(noun.) battle of World War II (1944).
Typed by Gwendolyn--From WordNet
Examples
- He was going to marry me and he was killed in the Somme. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They can't go on doing things like the Somme and not crack. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The first attack was upon the British in the Somme region. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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