单词 | one-pipper |
释义 | > as lemmasone-pipper one-pipper n. Military slang a second lieutenant (so called from this officer's entitlement to wear one pip on the shoulder of his or her uniform). ΚΠ 1919 Egyptian Labour Corps News 15 Jan. 3/2 The one-pipper strove to send the people away. 1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell 181 Whatever young one-pipper it was could get a night's leave. 1999 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Oct. (Features section) 4 He sailed to the Middle East..in 1940—with one stripe on his shoulder he was known as a ‘one pipper’ or in his words ‘the lowest form of animal life’. < as lemmas |
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