horse marine

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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!

Related terms

• tell it to the marines

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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