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Wilson Pickett noun- a white phosphorous flare or grenade US
From the initials WP; Pickett (1941–2006) was a popular American rhythm and blues singer. - — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 559, 1991
- He had a cache of gold-tipped high explosive and white phosphorous rounds–Wilson Picketts, they called them, because they made Sir Charles dance. — Stewart O’Nan, The Names of the Dead, p. 132, 1996
- — Randy R. Zahn, Snake Pilot, p. 265, 2003
- a ticket UK
Rhyming slang, formed from the name of the US soul singer. - — Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit, 1992
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