单词 | ac plonk |
释义 | > as lemmasA.C. Plonk In full A.C. Plonk. An aircraftman of the lowest rank. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > aircraftman or woman aircraftman1919 AC1928 erk1928 aircraftwoman1939 plonk1941 ACW1942 1941 New Statesman 30 Aug. 218/3 A.C. Plonk—Lowest in the R.A.F., aircraftman 2nd class. 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 10 A/C Plonk, aircraftman 2nd class. In 1914–1918 ‘plonk’ was Flanders slang for ‘mud’. Hence, an A/C Plonk is an aircraftman literally in the mud or at the bottom—that is, lowest classification of the lowest rank in the R.A.F. 1943 J. S. Childers War Eagles 259 (Gloss.) Plonk, recruit. 1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 61 I was only an A.C. plonk at the time. 2004 Lincolnshire Echo (Nexis) 25 Nov. (Nostalgia section) 25 Service veterans tell of working class lads who reached heights during the war but who were completely useless in peace and the A/c Plonk who gave the officer a job in Civvy Street. < as lemmas |
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