noun
General Slang
pogey bait
· noun · military
Candy, sweets, junk food — the good stuff from the PX or a care package.
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Sweets, chocolate, chips, sodas — any sugary contraband stuffed in a cargo pocket or smuggled into the field. Currency in the barracks and gold in a foxhole. A solid Snickers can buy you a favour.
“Mom sent a box of pogey bait — Reese's, Slim Jims, the works. I'm rich.”
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pogey bait In A Sentence
Mom sent a box of pogey bait — Reese's, Slim Jims, the works. I'm rich.
Origin & Usage
Early 20th-century US Navy/Marine slang. 'Pogey' or 'pogue' historically meant a soft or non-combat type — pogey bait was the candy used to lure them, or what they ate.
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