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para-skier
para-skier n.
Brit. 
/ˈparəˌskiːə/
, /ˈparəˌskiːə/U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌskiər/
a paraski trooper or competitor./ˈpɛrəˌskiər/ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > paratrooper
skyman1910
paratroop1937
paratrooper1940
para-skier1942
trooper1942
para1958
1942 Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Mar. 3 ‘Let 'Er Buck’ Is War Cry of Para-Skiers.
2000 Newsweek (Nexis) 1 Jan. 78 Paraskiers jump from planes, then hit the slopes.
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- as daft as a brush
- as daft etc as a brush
- as daft mad as a brush
- as dead as a dodo
- as dead as a mell
- as dead as a nit
- as dead as dog shit
- as dead as mutton
- as dead as the dodo
- as dead, deaf, dumb, dour as a doornail
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- as digne as ditchwater
- as digne as the devil
- as drunk as a boiled owl
- as drunk as a loon
- as drunk as a piper
- as drunk as a tinker
- as drunk as david's sow or as a sow
- as drunk, as a rat
- as drunk, etc, as a judge
- as drunk,etc as a rat
- as drunk,mad as a rat