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Chinese ace

Chinese ace noun: an inept airplane pilot.

Noun

Chinese ace (plural Chinese aces)

  1. (dated, slang) An inept airplane pilot.
    • Flat-spin pilots are stupid or careless flyers, while Huns or Chinese aces are reckless fellows who have crashed […]1933, Robert Earle Galbraith, These Our Moderns
    • When I reported this to Burwell by telephone, he called me a Chinese ace — in those days Chinese aces were pilots who cracked up their own airplanes […]1983, John Thorn, David Reuther, The Armchair Aviator, page 101

Forms of Chinese ace

pluralChinese aces

Questions about Chinese ace

What does Chinese ace mean?
Chinese ace means an inept airplane pilot.
What part of speech is Chinese ace?
Chinese ace is a noun.
What is the plural of Chinese ace?
The plural of Chinese ace is Chinese aces.

Words near Chinese ace in the dictionary

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  10. Chinese anemone
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