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Blind Half-Hundred
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English
Etymology
So called because many members suffered from ophthalmia.
Proper noun
Blind Half-Hundred 1
en UK military historical slang The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot.
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary