firecan

noun

firecan

noun

Etymology From fire + can.

1

Government, Military, Politics, War US, Slang A jet fighter.

When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.1949, Popular Science, volume 155, number 6, page 120:

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