We were nicknamed the magnificent seven.
The messengers were nicknamed 'mutt' for short.
Moreover, some people in my neighborhood were nicknamed Zico, Sócrates, Cerezo, Junior, etc.
We were nicknamed the pit-bull kids because we were so mad.
His followers, the Servants of God, were nicknamed Red Shirts because of their brick-colored garb.
The lead-acid batteries were so heavy that the cars were nicknamed lead sleds.
Those who went furthest were nicknamed Mole People, pasty from lack of sunlight, tunnelling for new sensations.
They were nicknamed "coffin-ships"; the task of these armed merchantmen was to divert U-boats away from convoys.
Because the men whom Ness hired to help him were extremely dedicated and unbribable, they were nicknamed the Untouchables.
Those early soaks, hours long, were nicknamed "skin eaters" and could sometimes be worse than the ailments, leaving the skin chapped, raw and oozing.
They were so often pictured together joking, they were nicknamed the "Chuckle Brothers", which stuck until Paisley stepped down as first minister in 2008.
