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!
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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