Squipper

//ˈskwɪpə// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A survival equipment fitter. UK, slang

    "A third significant omission is due to the fact that large numbers of Chinook, Puma and Hercules aircrews [...] together with all the 'loadies', 'sooties', 'squippers' and ground crews that support them, continue, at the time of writing, to be heavily involved in Operation Safe Haven along the northern borders of Iraq."

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"A third significant omission is due to the fact that large numbers of Chinook, Puma and Hercules aircrews [...] together with all the 'loadies', 'sooties', 'squippers' and ground crews that support them, continue, at the time of writing, to be heavily involved in Operation Safe Haven along the northern borders of Iraq."

Etymology

Blend of survival + equipment + fitter.

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