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Definition of "walking wounded" []

  • Those casualties whose condition is not life-threatening and can move away from further danger unaided. (noun)

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Use "walking wounded" in a sentence
  • "The greatest fly fisherman in the world, Cliff Watts, has been doctoring both the town of Boulder and my fictional walking wounded for the last three decades."
  • "Diane Arbus photographs but the unforgiving portraits of dwarfs, derelicts, and other walking wounded made me more depressed."