shave|tail

shave|tail
shave|tail «SHAYV TAYL», noun.
U.S. Slang. a second lieutenant, especially one who has recently been commissioned: the rank-happy shavetail
[American English; earlier, an army mule (because of the appearance of their tails)]

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