full screw

English

Noun

full screw (plural full screws)

  1. (UK, military slang) A corporal.
    Coordinate term: lance-jack
    • 2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 111:
      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.
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