pisscutter

pisscutter

dated slang A nickname for the side cap (a foldable military cap also known as a garrison cap or flight cap) worn by members of the Unites States Navy or Marine Corps. Primarily heard in US. I asked my grandpa what the funny little hat was called in his pictures from the war, and he said it was his pisscutter. We all tucked out piss-cutters into our belts as we entered the room.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • piss cutter
  • piss-cutter
  • Gooner
  • have a derry on (one)
  • have a derry on someone
  • Derry
  • cherry ripe
  • Bari
  • go strong
  • go on for an age
References in periodicals archive
"I mean, of course, it was a pisscutter of a day," said Elgar using a graphic phrase of Abe's.