lobster-backed

• Terme d'argot britannique désuet désignant un soldat britannique, en référence aux uniformes rouges qu'ils portaient.

An obsolete British slang term for a British soldier, referring to the red coats they wore.

1. Historical slang for British soldiersC2informalamerican

   A derogatory term used during the American Revolutionary War to describe British soldiers, referring to their red coats which resembled the color of a cooked lobster.

   Homard (surnom péjoratif des soldats britanniques)

   • The colonists shouted insults at the lobster-backed soldiers marching through town.
   • Many revolutionary pamphlets mocked the lobster-backed redcoats.
   • The lobster-backed troops were a common target of colonial satire.

   Synonymeslobsterredcoat