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单词 victor charlie
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Victor Charlien.

Brit. /ˌvɪktə ˈtʃɑːli/, U.S. /ˌvɪktər ˈtʃɑrli/
Etymology: < the communications code-names for the initial letters of Viet Cong ; compare VC n. at V n. Initialisms 2.
U.S. Services' slang.
= Charlie n. 8.
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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > bands of guerrillas spec. > [noun]
Chouan1794
mujahidin1887
White Army1918
Palmach1943
maquis1944
Huk1947
Min Yuen1951
fedayeen1955
Viet Cong1957
VC1964
Victor Charlie1966
1966 New Yorker 18 June 135/2 He..was told about being shot out of a helicopter by Victor Charlie.
1968 Sat. Night (Toronto) Aug. 15 [Westmoreland's] men say they have to get them one ‘Victor Charlie’.
1982 T. Barling Terminate with Prejudice ii. i. 48 Casualties..was inordinately high. Victor Charlie had too much bushcraft and too much jungle to hide in.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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