horse marine

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Noun

horse marine (plural horse marines)

(nautical, slang) An awkward, lubberly person.
(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

Anagrams

reharmonise

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