† maltoutn.
Services' slang. Obsolete.
= marine n. 2.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > marine
marinera1450
marine1672
marine soldier1690
maltout1785
jolly1829
horse-marine1878
pongo1890
leatherneck1914
devil dog1918
jarhead1944
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Maltout, a nickname for a marine, used by sailors and soldiers of other corps, probably a corruption of matelot, the French word for a sailor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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n.1785- to take at a rebound
- to take at a surprise
- to take at a why-not
- to take at a whynot
- to take at advantage
- to take at advantages
- to take at etc reputation
- to take at face value
- to take at great reputation
- to take at no reputation
- to take at or in scorn
- to take at rebound
- to take at the bound
- to take at the first bound
- to take at the rebound
- to take at worst
- to take at worth
- to take au grand sérieux
- to take away
- to take away every knot in the bulrush
- to take aworth
- to take back
- to take bad
- to take before the bound
- to take beginning