单词 | brown job |
释义 | > as lemmasbrown job brown job n. slang a soldier; also collective, the Army. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] army1698 land-force1790 brown job1943 Dad's Army1970 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] thanec893 knightc1175 soldiera1300 osteyoura1450 servitor?1570 marshalman1575 soldado1577 soldat1591 manat1610 camper1631 soldade1634 buff coata1670 swad1708 militaire1746 red herring1789 coolie1803 swaddy1819 swad-gill1819 scarlet runnerc1864 guffy1882 leatherneck1890 pongo1890 hoster1892 swatty1901 file1903 squaddie1933 brown job1943 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 18 Brown job, the Army (R.A.F. name). 1952 R. Sherbrooke-Walker Khaki & Blue i. 4 Another aspect of R.A.F. dress which struck the ‘brown job’, as they called their brothers in the Army. 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. xvi. 230 Can you hear me, bluebottles and brown job? 1963 Economist 29 June 1391/3 General Delacombe was a pretty undiplomatic brown-job. < as lemmas |
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