(informal) Gruelling, unglamorous and potentially dangerous military assignments.

Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

plural of Turks and Caicos Islander

plural of north and south

(chiefly attributive) A combined herbicide and fertilizer.

A display of ceremonial grandeur.

Those who drudge, or are made to work hard; those who do menial or servile work at the behest of others; physical labourers.

(obsolete) To pay at once; to pay ready money.

(finance) The practice of buying shares and then selling them shortly afterward.

(business, attributive) A business model where one item is sold cheaply (or given away for free) in order to increase sales of a complementary good, such as blades for a razor, or ink cartridges for a printer.