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airedale noun- a Wall Street gentleman US, 1925
An extension of the symbol of the Airedale as an aristocratic dog. - — New York Times Magazine, p. 76, 13 March 1955
- a navy pilot US, 1942
- The pilots are in fact a pleasant, easy-going, affable lot known affectionately to surface sailors as “Airedales” or “birdmen.” — Life, p. 85, 26 March 1945
- Despite a Navy directive to cut it out, Navy pilots remain “Airedales” and Marines are still “Gyrenes.” — New York Times Magazine, p. 76, 13 March 1955
- “Got it from a pilot over at the airstrip,” the first sergeant said. “Those airedales sure live well.” — Robert A. Anderson, Cooks and Bakers, p. 123, 1982
- Looks like you Airedale guys aren’t gonna take no for an answer today, are you? — Gerry Carroll, North S*A*R, p. 88, 1991
- a plane handler on an aircraft carrier US, 1943
- The battle-scarred hangar deck of the carrier Enterprise, cleared of planes and shouting airedales (airplane handlers), has been converted into this gigantic bunk room. — Time, p. 24, 10 December 1945
- The air officers, plane handlers who shift and push and manhandle the planes a dozen times a day around the deck. These are ordinarily known as “airedales,” but the term isn’t much used on our ship. — San Francisco News, p. 10, 19 March 1945
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