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gravel crunchers

gravel crunchers is the plural of gravel cruncher.

Meaning of gravel cruncher

Noun

gravel cruncher (plural gravel crunchers)

  1. (US, slang) A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne.
    • They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.1952, Naval Aviation News, page 9

Questions about gravel crunchers

What is gravel crunchers the plural of?
Gravel crunchers is the plural of gravel cruncher.

Words near gravel crunchers in the dictionary

  1. gravel
  2. gravel bicycle
  3. gravel bike
  4. gravel bikes
  5. gravel cruncher
  6. gravel crunchers
  7. gravel cycling
  8. Gravel Gertie
  9. Gravel Gerties
  10. gravel nest
  11. gravel nests

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