Chocolate Soldier

Chocolate Soldier

Chocolate Soldier can refer to:

  • The Chocolate Soldier, a 1908 operetta by Oscar Straus, based on the 1894 Arms and the Man, which uses the term "Chocolate Cream Soldier" to describe a cowardly soldier.
  • The Chocolate Soldier (film), a 1941 film version of the operetta, starring Nelson Eddy
  • A derogatory term for a soldier who would not fight but would look good in a uniform, shortened from "Chocolate Cream Soldier", a term featured in Richard Harding Davis' 1897 book Soldier of Fortune
  • A cocktail, whose name is indirectly derived from the above - see List of cocktails
  • Chocolate Soldier (drink), a chocolate-flavored soft drink originally made by Citrus Products Company of Chicago from the 1920s through the 1960s
  • A member of the Australian Army Reserve past or present; called "Choco" for short. Usually a derogatory term. Also used derisively to refer to "soft" soldiers in the Israeli Army.[1]
  • Chocolate Soldier (Parliament), a Parliamentary assistant for an Opposition front-bench spokesman in the British House of Commons in the early 1970s, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust
  • a member of the army of Chocolate Soldiers in The Wonder City of Oz (1940)
  • Hot Chocolate Soldiers a 1934 Walt Disney cartoon

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  • chocolate soldier — /tʃɒklət ˈsoʊldʒə/ (say chokluht sohljuh) noun 1. a sweet made from chocolate in the form of a soldier. 2. a reluctant, unheroic soldier. 3. → chocko. {def. 2 from the English title (The Chocolate Soldier) of the operetta by Oscar Straus,… …  

  • chocolate soldier — noun () someone thought to be unwilling to fight To the maids across the way he was Julias beau, and if not quite Beau Geste, a gent and well dressed. Obviously he was a chocolate soldier, a bouquet boy …   Wiktionary

  • Chocolate Soldier (Parliament) — A Chocolate Soldier was a Parliamentary assistant for an Opposition front bench spokesman in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Social Service Trust (endowed by the chocolate entrepreneur… …   Wikipedia

  • chocolate soldier — n a weak, ineffectual or cowardly person. The phrase was at the centre of a court case in February 2002 when the black model Naomi Campbell alleged unsuc cessfully that the Daily Mirror had used it in a racist slur against her. In fact the… …   Contemporary slang

  • chocolate soldier — n. chocolate candy molded in the shape of a soldier …   English contemporary dictionary

  • chocolate soldier — noun 1. : a soldier that does not fight 2. : choco II * * * a nonfighting soldier; a serviceman not assigned to combat duty. [1895 1900] …   Useful english dictionary

  • chocolate soldier — a nonfighting soldier; a serviceman not assigned to combat duty. [1895 1900] * * * …   Universalium

  • The Chocolate Soldier — This article is about the operetta. For other uses, see Chocolate Soldier. Operas by Oscar Straus Ein Walzertraum (1907) The Chocolate Soldier (1908) Der letzte Walzer (1920) …   Wikipedia

  • The Chocolate Soldier — Filmdaten Originaltitel The Chocolate Soldier Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Chocolate Soldier — est un film réalisé en 1941 par Roy Del Ruth, il fut nommé pour trois oscars : meilleure photographie noir et blanc, meilleure musique, meilleur enregistrement du son. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche Technique 3 Distribution …   Wikipédia en Français

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