old soldier

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old soldier

—n
1.	a former soldier or veteran
2.	an experienced or practised person

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old soldier definition

n.
a cigarette or cigar butt; a hunk of tobacco. : The tramp bent over to pick up an old soldier off the pavement.
n.
an empty liquor bottle; an empty beer bottle or can. : Larry hid all his old soldiers under the bed.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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