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bomber|ˈbɒmə(r)|
[f. bomb n. or v. + -er1.]
1. One who throws a bomb; esp. in military use, one of a bombing party.
1915J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War V. 25 The bombers..seizing one of these rocket-like bombs from their belts..hurl them high above the parapet. 1927Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 12/2 A fifth attempt to dynamite the Roman Catholic Church of S. Peter and Paul, San Francisco, ended yesterday in the killing of one bomber.
2. An aircraft equipped with bombs for bombing an enemy, his positions, territory, etc.
1917‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 260 The fighters guard the bombers until the eggs are dropped. 1923Daily Mail 19 Mar. 9 Goods-'planes—all capable of transformation into bombers. 1940Times Weekly 27 Nov. 10/3 Our medium bombers were the first to arrive. 1941Ibid. 30 July 7/1 For 27 hours on end we were subjected to continuous attacks from bombers—high level, dive and torpedo. 1956A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 224 American bombers attacked..the power station.
b. attrib. and Comb., as bomber aircraft, bomber base, bomber force; Bomber Command, an organization of bomber aircraft forming part of the Royal Air Force.
1935C. G. Burge Complete Bk. Aviation 193/1 Bomber aircraft. 1959Listener 22 Jan. 156/1 American bomber bases.
1939Flight 7 Dec. 455/1 Bomber Command..pounces when a worthy objective is in sight. 1945W. S. Churchill Victory (1946) 174 The glorious part..played by Bomber Command in forging the victory.
1940― Into battle (1941) 231 We have a very large bomber force also.
3. A marijuana cigarette. U.S. slang.
1952Amer. Speech XXVII. 24 Bomber, giant-size marijuana cigarette. 1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) iv. v. 283 Victor proceeded to roll the biggest bomber anybody ever saw.
b. slang. A barbiturate drug. Cf. black bomber.
1962K. Orvis Damned & Destroyed xiii. 87 Last year, eighteen tons..of barbiturates were sold in this country. Kids all over are going ga-ga over them. They call them goof-balls and bombers—and they hold bomber parties. 1966‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker x. 116, I was planning to go back on bombers today.
Add:[2.] [b.] bomber jacket n. [modelled on the flight jackets worn by U.S.A.F. air-crew], a fashionable style of (usu. leather) jacket, front-zippered and tightly gathered at the waist and cuffs.
1973Daily News Record 16 Nov. 13 (Advt.), Wool plaid *bomber jacket..with rugged zipper front. 1985Listener 2 May 5/2 There was the Intourist taxi driver in his Western trainers and Western bomber jacket. |
