dead soldier
an empty beer, liquor, or wine bottle or empty beer can.
Origin of dead soldier
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How to use dead soldier in a sentence
He was a particular dead soldier, and he was also every dead soldier.
Geoff Dyer's 'The Missing of the Somme' Reconsidered | Louisa Thomas | November 11, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTMr. King," Lofgren recalls, "wanted to know how the dead soldier had entered the United States.
"Too little, too late," complained another dead soldier's mother.
The priest, bending over him, unclasped the chain and removed it from the dead soldier's neck.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin"Stolen," she shuddered, and thought of the dead soldier with his face uplifted to the sky in an agony of supplication.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
"He uses his sword well, anyhow," interrupted the captain, glancing at the dead soldier's cloven helm and head.
Fair Margaret | H. Rider HaggardIn a clear and ringing voice he read the solemn burial service, and the comrades of the dead soldier listened reverently.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteA detail was sent to bring in the body of the dead soldier who had fallen just at the edge of the woods.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. White
British Dictionary definitions for dead soldier
informal an empty beer or spirit bottle
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Other Idioms and Phrases with dead 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.
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