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lead swinger

lead swinger noun: a person who "swings the lead".

Noun

lead swinger (plural lead swingers)

  1. (derogatory) A person who "swings the lead"
    • And indeed, malingerers and "lead-swingers" (a prewar nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, adopted by soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties) were mixed among the truly sick.
      There was a whole bunch of us - various complaints - some real but most of them "lead swingers," trying to...2008, Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The Great War 1917 - 1918, →ISBN, page 239

Synonyms of lead swinger

Forms of lead swinger

plurallead swingers

Origin of lead swinger

From lead + swinger. * A pre-First World War nautical term for an easy job aboard a ship, later adopted by Canadian soldiers to refer to those shirking their duties.

Questions about lead swinger

What does lead swinger mean?
Lead swinger means a person who "swings the lead".
What part of speech is lead swinger?
Lead swinger is a noun.
What is the plural of lead swinger?
The plural of lead swinger is lead swingers.

Words near lead swinger in the dictionary

  1. lead someone up the garden path
  2. lead suboxide
  3. lead sugar
  4. lead sulfate
  5. lead sulphate
  6. lead swinger
  7. lead swingers
  8. lead tenant
  9. lead tenants
  10. lead tetroxide
  11. lead the charge

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