| 单词 | dead soldier |
| 释义 | dead soldierSEE SYNONYMS FOR dead soldier ON THESAURUS.COM noun Slang.an empty beer, liquor, or wine bottle or empty beer can. Origin of dead soldierFirst recorded in 1915–20 Words nearby dead soldierdead set, dead set against, dead slow, dead-smooth, dead-smooth file, dead soldier, dead space, dead spindle, dead spot, dead-stick landing, dead stock Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for dead soldierdead soldier dead marinenouninformal an empty beer or spirit bottle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with dead soldierdead soldier Also, dead man. An empty liquor, wine, or beer bottle, as in Their trash barrel's full of dead soldiers; they must drink a lot, or That dead man sticking out of your pocket alerted the officer to the fact that you'd been drinking. Dead man has been slang for “empty bottle” since the late 1600s but has been largely replaced by dead soldier, dating from the late 1800s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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