bullet sponge
n.— «I believe George does not want to humanize his cannon fodder, or bullet sponges, as the soldiers call themselves.» —“Close Encounters of the Bush Kind” by Cindy Sheehan Thepeoplesvoice.org Oct. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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