leadswinger
leadswinger is the alternative form of lead swinger.
Meaning of lead swinger
Noun
lead swinger (plural lead swingers)
- 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:
- shirker, malinger, goldbricker
- 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.
Forms of leadswinger
| plural | leadswingers |
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Questions about leadswinger
- What is leadswinger the alternative form of?
- Leadswinger is the alternative form of lead swinger.
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