单词 | issue shoe |
释义 | > as lemmasissue shoe a. attributive. Designating any of various items issued by a government, the military, etc., as issue boot, issue cigarette, issue shoe, etc. ΚΠ 1893 Ann. Rep. Secretary of War (U.S. War Dept.) IV. 781 I doubt if any issue shoe can show such wearing qualities. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 129 An ‘Issue’ cigarette..was a ration cigarette, in contradistinction to one bought at the Canteen. 1959 J. Monaghan Custer xxvii. 377 Coarse issue-boots showed in open oxbow stirrups of the McClellan saddles. 1982 L. Lind Sea Jargon 116/1 Pusser's crabs, N[avy]. Issue boots. 2006 H. Halberstadt Battle Rattle ii. 48 A lot of money is spent on socks by soldiers, and they are not buying the issue socks. < as lemmas |
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