Crossword clues for leatherneck
The Collaborative International Dictionary
leatherneck \leath"er*neck`\, n.
(Zo["o]l.) The sordid friar bird of Australia ( Tropidorhynchus sordidus).
[from the leather collar that was once part of their uniform.] A member of the United States Marine Corps; a United States Marine. [slang]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context slang English) A soldier. 2 (context US English) Specifically, a marine.
WordNet
n. a member of the United States Marine Corps [syn: Marine, devil dog, shipboard soldier]
Wikipedia
Leatherneck is a military slang term for a member of the United States Marine Corps.
Leatherneck may also refer to:
Leatherneck is a military slang term for a member of the United States Marine Corps, or of the British Royal Marines. It is generally believed to originate in the wearing of a leather "stock" or collar around the neck, which kept the posture erect.
Leatherneck is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a Marine with the G.I. Joe Team and debuted in 1986.
Usage examples of "leatherneck".
In the far distance, Averan saw a winged speck rise from the mist, tan-colored flesh aglow with the morning light Leatherneck answering the summons.
She wished now that she could allow Leatherneck to eat more, but the beast would hardly be able to bear her weight and that of a full belly.
Now for one eternal moment Averan feared that Leatherneck would not be able to bear her weight, that she would carry them both to their deaths.
Averan's mind seemed to go numb as she urged Leatherneck to the ground.
The green woman's fall from the sky, the shock of seeing Leatherneck dead, the horrors that she knew had occurred at Keep Haberd, all left her feeling dazed and wrung out.
There had already been a lot of brawls between angry leathernecks and sailors.
The other leatherneck had put a bayonet into the kidneys of the Hawaiian he’d been fighting, so he couldn’t complain about undue familiarity.
With luck, that would let leathernecks get down there and go toe-to-toe with the enemy.
Les wondered if he’d got the Jap with his rifle butt, or if one of the other leathernecks had done it.
It did not take long to discover that he had talked his way on board the Fighting Leathernecks, and had coolly borrowed a Skyhawk that he obviously had no intention of bringing back.
That was always surprising to those who considered leathernecks as simpletons who were always interested in the most destructive direct approach.
The destroyers and cruisers had ceased fire, but they were still out there, ready to drop shells on anybody who gave the leathernecks trouble.
He winced as Holt, risen now from the bar-room floor like a fury from Hell, seized two leathernecks and slammed them together, head to head.