Blue Orchid
noun Australian
A member of the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War: I was so impressed with the Blue Orchids that I put my age up and joined...
- A special exhibition—'Blue Orchids: The RAAF Uniform 1921–2001'—opens on 28 August and is open during museum hours.
- At age 19, he was accepted into the Royal Australian Air Force as a Blue Orchid.
- He had to pass close to the army cadets and was several times teased by people calling him a Blue Orchid.
Origin
1940s: from the colour of the uniform and with reference to its supposed smartness.