gravel-pounder

gravel-pounder

slang An infantry soldier. Was Grandpa really a gravel-pounder in World War II?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

gravel-pounder

n. an infantry soldier. (Military.) Do you really want to join the Army and be a gravel-pounder?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • ground-pounder
  • pounder
  • pounders
  • pillow-biter
  • (something) blows
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • a copy
  • (as) gay as a three-dollar bill
  • (Have you) been OK?