canteen lizard
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]canteen lizard (plural canteen lizards)
- (US military slang, World War I) A soldier who relishes eating out or working in kitchens in the rear.
References
[edit]- Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 28