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cannon cockers

cannon cockers is the plural of cannon cocker.

Meaning of cannon cocker

Noun

cannon cocker (plural cannon cockers)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang, sometimes) A member of the military who fires guns; a soldier involved in gunnery.
    • A 'Cannon Cocker' is the lowest form of existence that there is in the Army. It is hot, dirty, dangerous, loud and continuous.2009, Billy Hall, Bulletproof: In Vietnam, page 103

Questions about cannon cockers

What is cannon cockers the plural of?
Cannon cockers is the plural of cannon cocker.

Words near cannon cockers in the dictionary

  1. cannon bone
  2. cannon bones
  3. cannon box
  4. cannon boxes
  5. cannon cocker
  6. cannon cockers
  7. Cannon County
  8. cannon cracker
  9. cannon crackers
  10. cannon fodder
  11. cannon game

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