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Feather Merchant

In popular jargon of the US Marine Corps:

a. a person who rarely exhibits effort and/or responsibility and lets others do all the work; a loafer, slacker, dope-off, weasel; shirker, screw off, malingerer.

b. a person assigned to a comfortable job relative to others in his unit;

c. a short person or a person of slight stature or build;

d. a term sometime used to refer to civilian employees of the Department of Defense or a government contractor.
Private Smith: Have you seen Private Jones lately?
Corporal Hardass: Nope, he's disappeared from work detail again today but when I catch up with our resident feather merchant, I'm gonna knock him on his ass.
by JoeDonethat November 16, 2010
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Hands off the merchandise!

Hands off the merchandise!

A protest/order uttered by one of either gender when someone else (usually of the opposite gender) wants to indulge in a little touchy-feely, but he’s not in the mood.
Weary girl (pushing her guy's "exploring" hand away from her boobs): Hey! Hands off the merchandise! I wanna go to sleep now!
by QuacksO November 28, 2011
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Merchant Marine

The commercial ships of a nation and the men and women who man them, both as licensed officers and unlicensed crew. While Navy ships act to defend a nation on the sea, Merchant ships deliver cargo worldwide and are manned by civilians. U.S. Merchant Mariners are the highest paid in the world.

Consists of Freighters, Tankers, RoRo's, Tugboats, Barges, and Ferries

Ships are split into three departments in which personnel work: Deck (navigation, cargo operations, external maintenance), Engineering (propulsion, electrical, and any machinery), and Stewards (cooks).
"I sailed in the Merchant Marine before going to college."
by DeepSeaSailorGuy May 30, 2007
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Meghana

An Indian female,with beautiful eyes and hair.

Name in general means rain.
Wow, Meghana is Indian and pretty!
by itwillrainbm November 13, 2011
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happy merchant

A meme that displays a man with a long crooked nose, long beard wearing a Kippah and rubbing his hands together.

Normally you call someone a happy merchant when they are enjoying the fact that they are making lots of money or when they are being stingy thus acting like a stereotypical Jew.
John: Hey Bob, did you take my dollar that was laying on the table?
Bob: No, I didn't
John: Bob, don't lie I saw you take it
Bob: Fine, I took it but I'm keeping it
John: You happy merchant!
by CptMeep January 6, 2016
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bullshit merchant

someone who constantly sprout lies to sound better
Steve just bragged he had a threesome last night,the guy's such a bullshit merchant.
by ollie deezee January 3, 2009
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Milk Merchant

A person, generally a person of color, that seems to be exclusively attracted to white people.
Joe: Hey, did you hear about Mikey?
Bob: Whats up with him?
Joe: He is into that white girl again
Bob: Typical Mikey. He is such a milk merchant.
by bobjoe123 November 24, 2021
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