firecan

English

Etymology

fire +‎ can

Noun

firecan (plural firecans)

  1. (US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
    • 1949, Popular Science (volume 155, number 6, page 120)
      When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.
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