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Brylcreem Boy
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English
Etymology
From the hair-styling product Brylcreem.
Noun
Brylcreem Boy
en slang World War II historical A member of the Royal Air Force
en 2011 D. B. Reynolds Loving and Writing, Writing and Loving 102 Billy Haldane, Ursula's handsome, debonair father, was a 'Brylcreem Boy,' a Royal Air Force officer.
en 2015 Laurel Deedrick-Mayne A Wake For The Dreamland 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,