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单词 gun-fodder
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gun-fodder
gun-fodder n. = cannon fodder n. 1.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] > collectively > regarded as material
food for powder1598
cannon fodder1847
gun-fodder1900
1900 Westm. Gaz. 9 July 2/1 Exceedingly useful in the capacity of gun-fodder and stop-gap.
1925 P. Gibbs Unchanging Quest xxvii. 207 From historic houses..these boys of ours came as gun-fodder.
1941 A. Koestler Scum of Earth ix. 47 To fight against its enemies at home, instead of serving as gun-fodder for their purposes.
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