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dicksmiths

dicksmiths is the plural of dicksmith.

Meaning of dicksmith

Noun

dicksmith (plural dicksmiths)

  1. (slang, vulgar) A United States Navy hospital corpsman.
    • It was a mixture of pure medical alcohol and Navy-issue canned orange juice. Once the fire went out a little, I kind of liked it. We had a few more, the dicksmiths (the divers’ name for corpsmen who are qualified divers) said “Happy New Year,” and I left for home.2000, Steven L. Waterman, “USS Ortolan, ASR-22”, in Just a Sailor: A Navy Diver’s Story of Photography, Salvage, and Combat, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 272

Questions about dicksmiths

What is dicksmiths the plural of?
Dicksmiths is the plural of dicksmith.

Words near dicksmiths in the dictionary

  1. dickslap
  2. dickslapped
  3. dickslapping
  4. dickslaps
  5. dicksmith
  6. dicksmiths
  7. dicksnaries
  8. dicksnary
  9. dicksneeze
  10. dicksneezes
  11. Dickson

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