Infantryman Phrases

Phrases

• Go for a soldier (Enlist in the army)
• Grunt cruncher (military tank - grunt is a slang term for infantryman)
• Play the old soldier
• Soldier of fortune
• Soldier on
• The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (Sherlock Holmes story)
• The Poor Bloody Infantry (term used to describe the British infantry in WWI)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carre book)
• War baby (someone born during the war - especially the illegitimate child of a soldier)