firecan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fire +‎ can

Noun[edit]

firecan (plural firecans)

  1. (US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
    • 1949, Popular Science, volume 155, number 6, page 120:
      When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.

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