ordien.
/ˈɔːdi/, U.S. /ˈɔrdi/ U.S. Navy slang.
An ordnance handler on a ship.
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1988 G. C. Wilson Supercarrier 148 He and fellow red-shirted ordies struggled with a fresh load of bombs.
1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xv. 309 I'll make sure the ordies put the weapons in a convenient place.
2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Nov. 16/2 (caption) Most carriers set to sea with several dozen bombs, but fighter jets can easily drop 50 a day, so the ‘ordies’ make new ones below decks from prefabricated parts.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1988- to walk etc on one's uppers
- to walk free
- to walk guard
- to walk home
- to walk hots
- to walk in
- to walk in a net
- to walk in a person's footsteps
- to walk in a person's steps
- to walk in air
- to walk in equipage
- to walk in on
- to walk in one's sleep
- to walk in the way of the lord
- to walk in the way with
- to walk into
- to walk into a booby trap
- to walk into a person's affections
- to walk into affections
- to walk matilda
- to walk off
- to walk off the shelves
- to walk off with
- to walk on
- to walk on air