american proof

american proof
Canadian Slang
Refers to any equipment or technique that is idiot proof to a degree that it may even be mastered by our colleagues from the US military
also 'Yank Proof'. "Infantry Proof" is also a common version of this saying.

English dialects glossary. 2013.

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