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    CANNON FODDER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fireplay

    Synonyms:

    cannon fodder; fodder; fresh fish

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("cannon fodder" is a kind of...):

    soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

    Domain usage:

    colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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