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Definition of shavetail in English: shavetailnounˈʃeɪvteɪlˈSHāvˌtāl US derogatory, military slang 1A newly commissioned officer, especially a second lieutenant. Example sentencesExamples - The shavetail saluted crisply and started prodding the crowd into a semblance of order.
- This is no old soldier's tale, but a reflection by a true ‘shavetail’ on his experiences in the profession of arms.
- RA ranks within the 2nd Training Regiment at Fort Dix boasted just one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, a first lieutenant and three shavetails.
- 1.1informal An inexperienced person.
as modifier the shavetail Assistant District Attorney Example sentencesExamples - While you and the shavetail here were shooting it out with Fine and Amos, I grabbed the doc.
Origin Figuratively, from the early sense 'untrained pack animal' (identified by a shaven tail). Definition of shavetail in US English: shavetailnounˈSHāvˌtāl US military slang, derogatory 1A newly commissioned officer, especially a second lieutenant. Example sentencesExamples - The shavetail saluted crisply and started prodding the crowd into a semblance of order.
- This is no old soldier's tale, but a reflection by a true ‘shavetail’ on his experiences in the profession of arms.
- RA ranks within the 2nd Training Regiment at Fort Dix boasted just one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, a first lieutenant and three shavetails.
- 1.1informal An inexperienced person.
as modifier the shavetail Assistant District Attorney Example sentencesExamples - While you and the shavetail here were shooting it out with Fine and Amos, I grabbed the doc.
Origin Figuratively, from the early sense ‘untrained pack animal’ (identified by a shaven tail). |