Aircrafthand

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Royal Air Force with no specific technical skill. UK

    "1937, S. Scanes in A. W. Lawrence (ed.), T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, London: Jonathan Cape, p. 418, His first duties as an aircrafthand were connected with the food, the preparation of it, cutting bread, etc."

Example

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"1937, S. Scanes in A. W. Lawrence (ed.), T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, London: Jonathan Cape, p. 418, His first duties as an aircrafthand were connected with the food, the preparation of it, cutting bread, etc."

Etymology

From aircraft + hand.

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