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dead marine

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ma⋅rine

  [muh-reen]
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–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, esp. 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.
—Idioms
11. dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
12. tell it or that to the marines! I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.
Origin:
1325–75; ME maryne < MF marin (fem. marine) < L marīnus of the sea, deriv. of mare sea; see -ine 1
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Slang Dictionary
dead soldier

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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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marine (recruit)

and marine officer
  1. n.
    an empty beer or liquor bottle. (See also dead soldier; dead marine. These expressions are probably meant as derogatory to either marines or officer.) : Every now and then the gentle muttering of the customers was accented by the breaking of a marine as it hit the floor. , There's a marine officer laying in the fireplace.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

marine  (adj.)
c.1420, from M.Fr. marin (fem. marine), from O.Fr. marin, from L. marinus (fem. marina) "of the sea," from mare (gen. maris) "sea," from PIE *mori-/*mari- "body of water, lake." Cognate with O.E. mere "sea, lake, pool, pond," from P.Gmc. *mari. Noun meaning "soldier who serves on a ship" is from 1672, from Fr. marine, from the O.Fr. adj. The noun mariner (c.1290) is earlier and for long was more common than sailor.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Science Dictionary
marine   (mə-rēn')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Relating to the sea.

  2. Relating to a system of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents and by the absence of trees, shrubs, or emergent vegetation. Water in the marine system is at or near the full salinity of seawater. Compare lacustrine, palustrine, riverine.


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