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- noun Plural form of
Archie .
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Examples
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Sugar Sugar by The Archies was a record by a cartoon band out of a comic book.
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I guess only the Archies were a safe bet, being virtual.
Should Nickelodeon cancel "Zoey 101" to teach young kids a lesson about teen pregnancy? Ann Althouse 2007
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Nandita in Kerala I have found postcards in stores such as Archies and Hallmark!
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The boche did not come very low as several machine guns and "Archies" opened on him.
The Emma Gees Herbert Wes McBride
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He would go over the enemy lines and circle about, directing the fire of a battery, scorning to notice the fire of the "Archies," (flyers 'name for anti-aircraft guns) and when that job was finished, would come home in a series of somersaults, loops and spins which made one dizzy to watch.
The Emma Gees Herbert Wes McBride
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We had no "Archies"; and the only British aeroplane I saw on this part of the front, at any rate, was brought down in flames as we were returning from the dump.
With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett
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Morgan started with his signal work immediately after they had climbed to the proper altitude, where they might work without being in too great danger from the "Archies," or anti-aircraft guns.
Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach
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"Archies" made a lot of noise, and enjoyed their customary success: the
Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols
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Let the "Archies" bark below and the shrapnel burst all around them as it pleased, no one in all that vast armada of the air was paying the slightest attention to such things.
Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach
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The contents of the little pail was presently successfully transferred into the reservoir which Tom had so adroitly mended after its rough treatment at the hands of the Huns who worked the "Archies," or anti-aircraft guns.
Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Charles Amory Beach
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