horse marine

English

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Noun

horse marine (plural horse marines)

  1. (nautical, slang) An awkward, lubberly person.
  2. (nautical, slang) One of a mythical body of marine cavalry, for whom wild flights of imagination are best reserved.
    Tell it to the horse marines!

References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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