million-dollar wound
US Military slang
noun
A wound severe enough to require a soldier's return home to convalesce.
Origin
Early 20th century.
- overcautiously
- overcautiousness
- over-centralization
- over-centralize
- over-centralized
- overcharge
- overcharger
- overcheck
- over-chosen
- over-civil
- overcivility
- over-civilized
- overclass
- overclimb
- overcloak
- overclock
- overclocker
- over-clog
- over-close
- overclose
- overclosure
- overcloth
- overclothe
- overclothed
- overclothes