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WAC U.S.|wæk|
Also W.A.C., wac.
Acronym f. the initial letters of Women's Army Corps, formed in 1943 (cf. A.C.); a member of this.
1943Yank 30 July 18 The fellows sent the girls to the WAC barracks to get dressed while they finished the KP jobs. Ibid., When the first bunch of Wacs arrived here recently a group of GIs made dates with the prettiest one night for the Camp movie. 1956B. Holiday Lady sings Blues (1973) xxiii. 198 There was a war on and no damn way for me to get to England except to swim or join the WACs. 1962E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xxxix. 290 Women are not recruited for combat training except as parachutists..but a few are used in auxiliary tasks, like WACs. 1976‘R. B. Dominic’ Murder out of Commission xiv. 100, I fetched and carried for a WAC from Camp Pendleton. |