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A slang term for soldiers in the U.S. Army. It is said that the term originated as an abbreviation for galvanized iron, which was used informally by the Army Quartermaster Corps on trash cans and other items, but it later came to be understood as an abbreviation for government issue GI shoes. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
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アメリカ陸軍の兵士の俗称。陸軍補給部がごみ箱など galvanized iron (亜鉛引き鉄板) の略語として非公式に使っていたが，転じて兵隊靴 G. I. shoesなどの官給品 government issueの略語と解されるようになったのが起源といわれる。
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