Meaning of dead soldier | Babel Free

Definitions

An empty container, usually a bottle or can which contained an alcoholic beverage.

idiomatic, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Another Dead Soldier! (Lays the bottle gently on its side.)”

“We knocked another couple back / The dead soldiers lined up on the table”

“When my mother drinks beer, she peeks in the bottle to make sure it's a dead soldier.”

“By the time the pint was a dead soldier, Decker had the man's life story.”

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