dirt Navy

dirt Navy
 n.— «The Navy always called us Seabees the “dirt Navy.” We built barracks, cleared land.» —by Judith Minthorn Stacy Maggie Sweet Apr., 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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