shavetail
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]shavetail (plural shavetails)
- (US) An inexperienced person, especially a newly-commissioned military officer.
- 1962, Joseph Commings, “The X Street Murders”, in The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, published 2006:
- Yass. I never got above the rank of shavetail. We were the dogfaces who gave ’em hell at Chateau Thierry.
- 2010, Laurence Andries, Bruce C. McKenna, The Pacific (miniseries), episode 5, spoken by Elmo M. Haney (Gary Sweet):
- You stupid, goddamn shavetail son of a bitch! You keep your fucking weapon pointed downrange or I will shove that fuckin' piece up your sorry fucking ass!