paddlefootとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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paddlefoot (複数形 paddlefeet)

1. (military, aviation, slang) A member of the groundcrew.
   • 1944, Oram C. Hutton, ‎Andrew A. Rooney, Air Gunner (page 116)

     The day after Tommy quit, a paddlefoot soldier on the base made a disparaging remark about Tommy to Sorrow Sorrel, the tail gunner, and Sorrow beat the living hell out of the paddlefoot.

   • 1968, MacKinlay Kantor, The Day I Met a Lion (page 34)

     He was a paddlefoot undeniably, and it seemed that I might have spared myself any worry about a hero's death. Still, I could never quite get rid of the lurking notion that he was marked for sudden and outlandish extinction.