leatherneck
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of leatherneck
First recorded in 1910–15; from the leather-lined collar which was formerly part of the uniform
Example Sentences
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His wife had been what is called a “civilian leatherneck,” and worked in a secretarial pool for the U.S.
From Washington Post
Closing the crucible that has produced leathernecks for all the major wars of the last century would cost 6,130 jobs at Parris Island.
From Fox News
The first was that I was now a real leatherneck.
From Literature
The day before the attack, some leathernecks had spotted the two Kuwaitis who they believed killed Sledd and wounded a second Marine.
From Time
From here, leathernecks shipped out to the Pacific theater of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
From Newsweek
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