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jarhead

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jar·head  (järhd)
n. Slang
A U.S. Marine.

[Perhaps from the shape of the hat the Marines once wore.]


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Anthony Swofford's book Jarhead did not receive an endorsement by the Marine Corps.
While this particular book keys in on the troops who fought from Normandy to the Elbe, the same factors hold true for any newly minted infantry grunt, squid, zoomie or jarhead, from any country in any war.
As an example, Anthony Swofford's memoir Jarhead brutally recounts his time spent as a Marine sniper in the Gulf War.
 
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