单词 | new meat |
释义 | > as lemmasnew meat new meat n. U.S. slang (a) newly arrived inmates, students, etc.; (b) Military replacement troops; (also as a count noun) a new replacement. ΚΠ 1950 A. Lomax Mister Jelly Roll 109 When the inmates on the gang saw us, they hollered ‘New meat in the market!’ Then they jumped on us and took our money and cigarettes. 1963 Amer. Speech 38 272 During a student's first year, he will be referred to as new meat. 1971 Newsweek 13 Sept. 40 A batch of twelve new replacements, ‘newmeats’ in GI argot, for Bravo Company. 1989 F. A. Leib Fire Dream 82 They sang a cadence to welcome ‘new meat’. 1992 Men's Health Mar. 76/2 The kind [of boxing gym] where 15 sweaty fighters would stop..only long enough to check out any ‘new meat’ that happened to walk in the door. < as lemmas |
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