straight leg
n.— «They possess one thing which elevates them above the miserable “straight leg” (non-jumping solder): the touch of insanity it takes to step out of an airplane at fifteen hundred feet.» —“A Collection of Airborne Cadence Chants” by George G. Carey Journal of American Folklore Jan.-Mar., 1965. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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