English language
Toggle Transcript
leatherneck::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | devil dog, marine, shipboard soldier |
| Type of | military personnel, man, serviceman, military man |
Examples of leatherneck
leatherneck
Leatherneck running back Herb Donaldson provided most of his team's offense.
From the omaha.com
It doesn't matter whether you're top brass or just a leatherneck, you use the same bed of plywood.
From the edition.cnn.com
However he did say that a fellow leatherneck whom Lauterbach had accused of rape was considered a suspect.
From the upi.com
It takes into consideration annual salary and incidentals such as chow and living expenses for a single leatherneck living in the barracks.
From the smallwarsjournal.com
Despite the tinseled stairways and chandelier, Baum kept his leatherneck perspective, choosing the ammo belt for the tree and posing in a Santa cap with a bayonet and a rifle.
From the freep.com
As Gomer, a leatherneck Pfc, he wears a gee-whiz expression, spouts homilies out of a lopsided mouth and lopes around uncertainly like a plowboy stepping through a field of cow dung.
From the time.com
- Marine: a member of the United States Marine Corps
- Leatherneck is a fictional character from the toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s.
- (leathernecks) members of the US Marine Corps. The phrase comes from the early days of the Marine Corps when enlisted men were given strips of leather to wear around their necks. ...
- (Leathernecks) U.S. marines earned this name in 1812, when stiff leathers bands were sewn into their collars to ward off sword strokes.
- (US) A United States Marine, from the high leather collar formerly worn with formal uniforms.
- Term for a Marine or the Marine Corps (USMC), also called "boot neck"; as derived from a leather neckband worn from 1798 to 1880 on the Marine uniform for protection of the neck during sword combat. ...
- Leatherneck is a 4 week training conducted by the Marines at The Basic School, in Quantico, VA. Topics covered include amphibious assault and ground warfare.
- A U.S. Marine. (The Marine uniform originally had a leather-lined collar.) Since the days of the Barbary pirates, U.S. Marines have called themselves "leathernecks. ...
- Slang for US Marine. Origins were that ship carried US Marines use to wear leather stocks around their necks as protection from saber slashing.
