roof-spotter
noun
An observer posted at the top of a building to give warning of hostile aircraft; also in extended use.
- Particularly associated with civil defence during the Second World War (1939–45)..
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The Times.
- platybasic
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- platycephalic
- platycephaly
- platycercine
- platycnemia
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- platycrinid
- platycrinoid
- platygasterid
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- platyhelminth
- Platyhelminthes
- platyhieric
- platyknemia
- platyknemic
- platykurtic
- platykurtosis
- platymeria
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