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单词 gravel cruncher
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gravel cruncher

English

Noun

gravel cruncher (plural gravel crunchers)

  1. (US, military, slang) A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne.
    • 1952, Naval Aviation News (page 9)
      They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.
    • 2012, Daniel Denison, ‎Robert Hooijberg, ‎Nancy Lane, Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations
      Nonaka seized on the critical importance of those who stormed the beaches first—the “gravel crunchers” as the Marines called them. It was a dangerous job.
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