canteen lizard

English

Noun

canteen lizard (plural canteen lizards)

1. (US military slang, World War I) A soldier who relishes eating out or working in kitchens in the rear.

References

• Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎^[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 28