green army
English
Noun
green army
- (Britain, military slang) The regular army, not including any special forces.
- 1998, Jones, Catherine, Sisters In Arms, →ISBN:
- 'We'll get the green army to keep an eye on the place, make sure there's not too much activity while our backs are turned,' said the ops officer.
- 2014, Rennie, James, The Operators, Pen and Sword, →ISBN:
- Roger that. Feds and green army are blue lighting to you.
- 2014, Black, Josef, SAS Special Operations Force (The Blades; 1), NYXZU Digital Press, →ISBN:
- Frodsham and his guard fell in alongside Tiger and Mack, Mack flicked the safety off his L85; an unreliable piece of crap that the green army troopers hated, and the SAS had replaced with M16's and then C8 SFW carbines.
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Anagrams
- army green