dead marine

dead marine

slang An empty bottle from an alcoholic beverage. (Potentially considered objectionable.) The yard was littered with dead marines the morning after the wild party. He looked up just in time to see a dead marine being swung at his face.

See also: dead, marine

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dead marine

verb

See dead soldier

See also: dead, marine

marine officer

verb

See marine recruit

See also: marine, officer

marine (recruit)

and marine officer

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.

See also: marine, recruit

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