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单词 munitionette
释义

munitionette

English

Etymology

From munition + -ette.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mjʊnɪʃəˈnɛt/

Noun

munitionette (plural munitionettes)

  1. (UK, colloquial, now historical) A female worker in a munitions factory, especially during the First World War. [from 20th c.]
    • 1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 119:
      Since they all had a slightly yellow tinge to their skin, he assumed they were munitions workers. Munitionettes, as the newspapers liked to call them.

Synonyms

  • canary girl
  • munitioneer
  • munitioner
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