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  • noun Alternative spelling of conchy.

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Examples

  • A good many civilians, especially those of the intellectual "conchie" kind, are inclined to smile at the importance soldiers attach to saluting.

    A Padre in France George A. Birmingham 1907

  • But the stigma of being labelled a 'conchie' remained with them.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • But shortly before the fall of France, Ree decided he could no longer be a “conchie”—a conscientious objector.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • But shortly before the fall of France, Ree decided he could no longer be a “conchie”—a conscientious objector.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • But shortly before the fall of France, Ree decided he could no longer be a “conchie”—a conscientious objector.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • But shortly before the fall of France, Ree decided he could no longer be a “conchie”—a conscientious objector.

    Shadow Knights Gary Kamiya 2010

  • By rights I ought to be a conchie, but that would just about kill the Old

    Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940

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  • draft dodger, C.O.

    June 21, 2009