chicken colonel

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chicken colonel (plural chicken colonels)

  1. (US, slang, dated, military) Synonym of bird colonel
    • 1951 May 14, “The Face Is Familiar”, in Time:
      In 1944, when many of his West Point classmates—including Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower—had won general's stars, Van Fleet was still a chicken colonel commanding a regiment.
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