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full screws

full screws is the plural of full screw.

Meaning of full screw

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

Questions about full screws

What is full screws the plural of?
Full screws is the plural of full screw.

Words near full screws in the dictionary

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

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