Brylcreem Boyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Brylcreem Boy (複数形 Brylcreem Boys)

1. (slang, World War II, historical) A member of the Royal Air Force
   • 2011, D. B. Reynolds, Loving and Writing, Writing and Loving (page 102)

     Billy Haldane, Ursula's handsome, debonair father, was a 'Brylcreem Boy,' a Royal Air Force officer.

   • 2015, Laurel Deedrick-Mayne, A Wake For The Dreamland (page 118)

     Why, just the other day, I read about an RAF chap who went from being a Brylcreem Boy to burned beyond recognition. Now he's been wed to the gorgeous daughter of a high commander, Lord Hoity Toity somebody or other, […]