| 单词 | arse-end charlie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarse-end Charlie arse-end Charlie n. originally R.A.F. slang (now chiefly historical). a tail-gunner; the last aircraft in a flying formation; = tail-end Charlie n. at tail-end n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > aircrew with specific duties observer1870 strafer1915 air gunner1916 air bomber1918 gunner1918 rear gunner1918 bombardier1932 bomb-aimer1935 tail gunner1939 tail-end Charlie1941 arse-end Charlie1942 waist-gunner1942 spotter pilot1944 1942 R. Hillary Last Enemy 132 I was shot down acting as Arse-end Charlie to a Squadron of Hurricanes. Arse-end Charlie is the man who weaves backwards and forwards above and behind the Squadron to protect them from attack from the rear. 1983 Irish Times 7 Feb. 10/5 A tail-jolly-ender. What we in the Raff would have called during the war an Arse-end Charlie. 2011 Australian (Nexis) 25 Apr. 6 He was ‘arse-end Charlie’, slang for the pilot at the rear of a diamond formation. < as lemmas |
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