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Yehudi lights

Yehudi lights noun: lights placed under aeroplanes that raise their brightness to the same level as that of the sky, as a form of camouflage.

Noun

Yehudi lights pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, rare) Lights placed under aeroplanes that raise their brightness to the same level as that of the sky, as a form of camouflage.

Origin of Yehudi lights

Developed, in part, by the US Navy's "Project Yehudi" from 1943 onwards. Yehudi in then-contemporary slang meant "the little man who wasn't there". The slang term may perhaps allude to the popular catchphrase and novelty song Who's Yehoodi? The catchphrase is said to have originated when violinist Yehudi Menuhin was a guest on the popular radio program of Bob Hope, where sidekick Jerry Colonna, apparently finding the name itself humorous, repeatedly asked "who's Yehudi?"

Questions about Yehudi lights

What does Yehudi lights mean?
Yehudi lights means lights placed under aeroplanes that raise their brightness to the same level as that of the sky, as a form of camouflage.
What part of speech is Yehudi lights?
Yehudi lights is a noun.

Words near Yehudi lights in the dictionary

  1. Yehovah
  2. Yehs
  3. yehu
  4. Yehuda
  5. Yehudi
  6. Yehudi lights
  7. Yehudim
  8. Yehudis
  9. Yehudit
  10. Yei
  11. yeibichai

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