brown job en · NOUN
Etymology
From the colour of the uniform, and slang job (“thing”).
Meanings
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(UK, dated, qualifier:air force slang) A member of the army.
Air force personnel used to distinguish airmen (blue jobs or boys in blue) from army personnel (brown jobs or boys in brown).
2006, David W. Clark, Joe's Letters, page 38:[…] The Navy and the R.A.F. combine and throw the Army out of the window. It passes the time...' But that evening, it wasn't the Brown Jobs that were thrown out.
2020, David Beaty, The Gun Garden:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brown jobs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |