(idiom, slang) An empty container, usually a bottle or can which contained an alcoholic beverage.
1968 — [http://books.google.com/books?id=m98gnRj_03sC&pg=PA15&dq=beer+%22dead+soldier%22&lr=&num=100&ei=KTmBR4GqNYKwsgPB4_yxDg&sig=vum-qIXAoo086T5x8bn1yiqQKsg Flesh And Blood By William Handley (1968) p.15]
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