dead soldier
dead soldier noun: an empty container, usually a bottle or can which contained an alcoholic beverage.
Noun
dead soldier (plural dead soldiers)
- An empty container, usually a bottle or can which contained an alcoholic beverage.
- Another Dead Soldier! (Lays the bottle gently on its side.)1968, William Handley, Flesh and Blood, page 15
- We knocked another couple back / The dead soldiers lined up on the table1999, Elliott Smith, “Baby Britain”, in XO
Examples of dead soldier in a sentence
- When my mother drinks beer, she peeks in the bottle to make sure it's a dead soldier.2000, Andrei Codrescu, Laura Rosenthal, Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988-1998, page 344:
- By the time the pint was a dead soldier, Decker had the man's life story.2002, Val Davis, Thread of the Spider, page 117:
Forms of dead soldier
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Questions about dead soldier
- What does dead soldier mean?
- Dead soldier means an empty container, usually a bottle or can which contained an alcoholic beverage.
- How do you use dead soldier in a sentence?
- When my mother drinks beer, she peeks in the bottle to make sure it's a dead soldier.
- What part of speech is dead soldier?
- Dead soldier is a noun.
- What is the plural of dead soldier?
- The plural of dead soldier is dead soldiers.
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