bombie — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A bomblet from a cluster bomb.

   Examples

   Bombies were everywhere, as plentiful as seashells at the beach and sold the same way conch shells are in Florida.

   More examples (1)

   They knew about the bombies as well as the fun of soccer that they played almost every day. The American cluster bombs dropped during the Vietnam War were scattered over the Laotian countryside by the millions.

Noun

1. an unexploded bomblet

   Broader terms

   bombletcluster bomblet

   Examples

   unexploded bomblets known in Laos as ‘bombies’ caused farmers to fear cultivating their fields