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W.A.A.F., WAAF, Waaf|wæf|
Acronym f. the initial letters of Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939–48, subsequently reorganized as part of the Women's Royal Air Force); a member of this.
1939Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 12/4 (Advt.), Women between the ages of 18 and 43 are required immediately for enrolment in the W.A.A.F. 1942J. Pudney Dispersal Point 11 Weather at base closes down for the night: And the ash-blonde Waaf is waiting tea. 1948W. Fortescue Beauty for Ashes xxvii. 209 W.A.A.F.s and airmen climbed into a private auto-bus. 1956R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xv. 179 Now the women who go with armies are..called Ats and Wrens and Waafs and Wracs. 1969G. Macbeth War Quartet 42, I had chosen a WAAF, Needing her flesh and heat. 1982J. Aiken Whisper in Night 25 They wouldn't allow W.A.A.F. girls to fly. 1984Sunday Tel. 16 Sept. 10/3 The contribution by the WAAF to the anti-aircraft defence of this country lay in manning..many of the balloons of Balloon Command. |