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dead marine

[muh-reen]

ma·rine

[muh-reen]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
2.
pertaining to navigation or shipping; nautical; naval; maritime.
3.
serving on shipboard, as soldiers.
4.
of or belonging to the marines.
5.
adapted for use at sea: a marine barometer.
noun
6.
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
7.
one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land.
8.
seagoing ships collectively, especially with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general.
9.
a picture with a marine subject; seascape.
10.
naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs.

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Dead marine is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
11.
dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
12.
tell it/that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English maryne < Middle French marin (feminine marine) < Latin marīnus of the sea, derivative of mare sea; see -ine1

in·ter·ma·rine, adjective
non·ma·rine, adjective, noun
sem·i·ma·rine, adjective, noun
su·per·ma·rine, adjective
un·ma·rine, adjective
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dead soldier or dead marine
 
n
informal an empty beer or spirit bottle
 
dead marine or dead marine
 
n

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dead soldier definition


and dead man; dead marine; dead one
  1. 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.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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