Jimmy the One
English
Proper noun
Jimmy the One
- (Britain, military, slang) A first lieutenant in the navy.
- 1943, Sir Reginald Bacon, Britain's Glorious Navy (page 28)
- By custom of the Navy the first lieutenant, or "Jimmy the One" as he is called, is in charge of cables and cablework on the forecastle.
- 2017, Martin Mace, The Royal Navy at Dunkirk
- He looks up and greets me in the bluff good-natured way that makes him popular with everyone from Jimmy the One down to our newest ordinary seaman.
- 1943, Sir Reginald Bacon, Britain's Glorious Navy (page 28)