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one-digit midget
noun
during the Vietnam war, a soldier with less than 10 days to serve before his date of expected return from overseas US- Something new was tried in Vietnam–fighting the war in one-year hitches, creating “short-timer’s mentality.” Various phrases were invented for the remaining length of time in the country. A “one-digit midget” was so “short” that he had anything under — Myra MacPherson, Long Time Passing, p. 63, 1984
- They said you were a one-digit midget and talked about being so short you had to parachute into your boots every morning. — Ronald Schultz, Jailhouse Religion, p. 135, 2004
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