canteen lizard

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === canteen lizard (plural canteen lizards) (US military slang, World War I) A soldier who relishes eating out or working in kitchens in the rear. === References === Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 28