"joy division" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: joy divisions [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Freudenabteilung. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Freudenabteilung}} Calque of German Freudenabteilung Head templates: {{en-noun}} joy division (plural joy divisions)
  1. (historical, World War II) A Nazi concentration camp brothel and its battalion of conscripted sex slaves of young Jewish women. Tags: historical Categories (topical): World War II Derived forms: Joy plot Translations (Translations): Freudenabteilung (German)
    Sense id: en-joy_division-en-noun-RBBdNDM~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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