单词 | chair-borne |
释义 | > as lemmaschair-borne chair-borne adj. Military ironically descriptive of troops whose duties are administrative; cf. airborne adj.; also absol. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [adjective] > non-combatant chair-borne1943 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 21 Chair-borne division, manned by uniformed personnel who labour in offices. 1947 N. Balchin Lord, I was Afraid 166 The old sneer of the airborne at the chair~borne. 1954 J. Masters Bhowani Junction 171 For Christ's sake, wake up, you chairborne bastard. < as lemmas |
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