| 释义 |
short-timer
noun- a soldier near the end of his tour of duty in Vietnam US
All but the US Marines served exactly 12 months in Vietnam; the Marines served 13 months. - — Harper’s, p. 51, January 1964
- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, p. 14, 1968
- Rodriguez was a genuine “short-timer,” with only fourteen days remaining in the Nam. — Charles Anderson, The Grunts, p. 84, 1976
- a prisoner whose release date is approaching US
- — Current Slang, p. 7, Winter 1966
- someone whose retirement date is rapidly approaching US
- Because Sam had the day off, Fin thought he’d better cover his old pal’s ass by making the notifications. Sam had a short-timer’s attitude. — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 94, 1993
- a prostitute engaged for a short period of time US
- — American Speech, p. 120, May 1960: “Korean bamboo English”
|