"Mortarville" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: Mortarville

Filed Under: English, Iraq, Military

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: I’ve finally made it into Baghdad, though I’ll be leaving behind our company’s awesome barracks (wired up with heat, AC, internet in each room…) to head out to the place they call Mortarville.

Article or Document Title:
“Greetings From Baghdad”

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
The Black Foxes Guild

Date of Publication:
Feb. 26, 2004

This cite belongs to a full entry for Mortarville.

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