aircrafthand
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]aircrafthand (plural aircrafthands)
- (UK) A member of the Royal Air Force with no specific technical skill.[1]
- 1937, S. Scanes in A. W. Lawrence (ed.), T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, London: Jonathan Cape, p. 418,[2]
- His first duties as an aircrafthand were connected with the food, the preparation of it, cutting bread, etc.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 9, in Small Island[3], London: Review, page 345:
- But I wasn’t accepted for flying duty—eyesight failed me. Neither was Frank, which, I’m ashamed to say, I found a relief. We were both channelled as aircrafthands […]
- 1937, S. Scanes in A. W. Lawrence (ed.), T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, London: Jonathan Cape, p. 418,[2]