词汇 | a dead soldier |
释义 | (redirected from a dead soldier)dead soldier1. An empty bottle from an alcoholic beverage. The yard was littered with dead soldiers the morning after that wild party. 2. A cigarette butt. I was annoyed to find some dead soldiers on the ground, even though there was ashtray nearby. dead soldierAlso, 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. dead soldierand dead man and dead marine and dead one1. n. an empty liquor or beer bottle. Toss your dead soldiers in the garbage, please. There’s a dead one under the bed and another in the fireplace! 2. n. a cigarette butt. (Less common than sense 1) The bum found a dead soldier on the ground and picked it up. |
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