- cannon fodder
- noun
Date: circa 1891
1. soldiers regarded or treated as expendable in battle
2. an expendable or exploitable person, group, or thing <celebrities who have become cannon fodder for the tabloids>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cannon fodder
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