词汇 | mcclellan pie |
词源 | McClellan pie. After a general widely found far too cautious and unsuccessful in the field. Civil War general-in-chief George Brenton McClellan (1826–85) is remembered by sev- eral things named after him, including the humorous McClel- lan pie, hardtack biscuits; the McClellan saddle, or McClellan tree, which he designed; and the McClellan cap, a type of Army cap. |
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