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full screw

full screw noun: a corporal.

Noun

full screw (plural full screws)

  1. (UK, slang) A corporal.
    • It was especially important when I was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant, with all its additional responsibilities. I'd loved being a fullscrew – a corporal – because I was still one of the lads and didn’t have too much else to think about.2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 111

Forms of full screw

pluralfull screws

Questions about full screw

What does full screw mean?
Full screw means a corporal.
What part of speech is full screw?
Full screw is a noun.
What is the plural of full screw?
The plural of full screw is full screws.

Words near full screw in the dictionary

  1. full sail
  2. full score
  3. full scores
  4. full Scottish breakfast
  5. full screen
  6. full screw
  7. full screws
  8. full sea
  9. full send
  10. full sending
  11. full sends

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