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W.A.A.C., WAAC, Waac|wæk|
Also wack.
Acronym f. the initial letters of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (1917–19); also U.S., the orig. name of the Women's Army Corps (see C.), formed in 1942; a member of this. Also attrib.
1917M. Macdonagh Diary 29 Mar. in In London during Great War (1935) iii. ii. 186 The W.A.A.C.s (Women's Auxiliary Army Corps). Ibid., One of the riddles of the day is: ‘Which would you like: a whack on the head or a Waac on your knee?’ 1917W. Owen Let. June (1967) 472 The WAAC's now wait on us. It is rather pleasant. 1918J. M. Grider Diary 5 Mar. in War Birds (1927) 85 A Waac officer can't walk out with a Tommy any more than an army officer can be seen with a Waac private. 1919Times 31 Dec. 11/4 Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. To-day the W.A.A.C.'s, to give them the name under which they first earned the gratitude and regard of the Army and the public, cease to have a corporate existence. 1930A. Bennett Imperial Palace lviii. 456 What do you know of the Western Front, my dear? You aren't old enough to have been a Waac. 1935A. J. Cronin Stars look Down ii. xiii. 379 ‘'S war work,’ Stokes suggested with a ribald leer ‘'S war work wish [sic] a wack.’ 1942Time 18 May 62/3 WAAC at last... The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps will provide women for the Army's humbler jobs. 1957H. H. Jenkins Diction of ‘Yank’ (Univ. Florida thesis) vi. 59 Ordnance announced the addition of the WAAC-Cycle, a light-weight, streamlined bike for the ladies. 1976‘A. Cross’ Question of Max x. 134 Everyone was just WAACs and Tommies together. |