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aircrafthand en · NOUN

Etymology

From aircraft + hand.

Meanings

1. (UK) A member of the Royal Air Force with no specific technical skill.
   • 1937, S. Scanes in A. W. Lawrence (ed.), T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, London: Jonathan Cape, p. 418, His first duties as an aircrafthand were connected with the food, the preparation of it, cutting bread, etc.
   • But I wasn’t accepted for flying duty—eyesight failed me. Neither was Frank, which, I’m ashamed to say, I found a relief. We were both channelled as aircrafthands […] 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 9, in Small Island, London: Review, page 345:

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