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单词 mud-slogger
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mud-sloggern.

Brit. /ˈmʌdˌslɒɡə/, U.S. /ˈmədˌslɑɡər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.1, slogger n.
Etymology: < mud n.1 + slogger n. Compare earlier foot-slogger n., and also earlier mud-crusher n.
U.S. Military slang.
An infantry soldier; = mud-crusher n.
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tolpatch1705
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mud-crusher1864
web foot1866
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flat-foot1889
gravel-crusher1889
foot-slogger1894
PBI1916
mud-slogger1936
infanteer1944
leg1969
1936 W. J. Reddan Other Men's Lives p. ix Definitions of Army Expressions... ‘Mud Sloggers’. The Infantry.
1959 in B. I. Wiley They who fought Here i. 14 Out of the way, mud-sloggers, and give the real fighters a chance.
1971 I. Faust Willy Remembers 192 I got Frank into the Signal Corps, where at least he would not be a mud slogger.
1997 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 2 Mar. h1 The soldier's lament runs through all the ages of war. Rained on and yelled at, alternately terrified and bored, the common mud-slogger longs for home and comfort.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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