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bird colonel

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chicken colonel

–noun Military Slang.
a full colonel, as distinguished from a lieutenant colonel.
Also called bird colonel.


Origin:
1945–50, Americanism
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bird colonel  
n.   Slang
A full colonel.

[From the eagle of the insignia.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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