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gyrene

[ jahy-reen, jahy-reen ]

noun

Slang.
  1. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gyrene1

1920–25; GI + (ma)rine with altered spelling
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Example Sentences

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“You call this bed made, gyrene?â€

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The boy originally out of Foreman, Ark., is no longer a boy but a man who became a Gyrene on his 18th birthday and who by now has answered his country’s call around the world starting with Midway Island at the close of the Second World War.

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So far he has one, called Gyrene Burger, in the college town of Knoxville, Tenn. “If it gets to 100 units, that could make me $3 million to $4 million a year,†he says.

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Sergeant Highway was transformed from an Army paratrooper into a gyrene gunnery sergeant.

Mitchell Paige, no cinema gyrene, was a quietly savvy guy.

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