英语词汇“grim dig”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

grim dig

noun NZ historical, informal

An experienced soldier in the Second World War: all of us new reinforcements learned the language of the grim digs...

A Grim Dig had to quickly dive for cover.
He was known as Wig to many a Grim Dig of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Some of the best sources of slang could be determined from talking to one of the Grim-digs.

1940s: from grim (referring to the unpleasant conditions soldiers endured in the trenches) + a contraction of digger in the sense 'a solider'.

单词	grim dig
释义	grim dig noun NZ historical, informal An experienced soldier in the Second World War: all of us new reinforcements learned the language of the grim digs... A Grim Dig had to quickly dive for cover. He was known as Wig to many a Grim Dig of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Some of the best sources of slang could be determined from talking to one of the Grim-digs. Origin 1940s: from grim (referring to the unpleasant conditions soldiers endured in the trenches) + a contraction of digger in the sense 'a solider'.
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