SUBMARINE
NOUNS
20C.. ► PIG-BOAT a submarine → US sl.
20C.. ► SNORT the snorkel on a submarine → sl.
1915 ► EYE a periscope → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► FISH a submarine → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► HEINE TIN FISH a German submarine → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► JERRY WHALE a German submarine → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► KRAUT FISH a German submarine → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► OLD MAN JOSS the patron saint of all submarine men → World War I Amer. sl.
1939 ► SARDINE-TIN a submarine → Royal Navy sl.
1940 ► ASPARAGUS STICK a submarine’s periscope → World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► AXIS RAT a German submarine → World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► AXIS SNAKE a German submarine → World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► AXIS WATER-MOCCASIN a German submarine → World War II Amer. sl.
1940 ► DUNKER a submarine → World War II Amer. sl.
1948 ► GUPPY a submarine which has been streamlined and equipped with a schnorkel → orig. US usage
1948 ► PERISHER a qualifying course for submarine commanders → sl.
VERBS
1940 ► DO A PORPOISE to dive a submarine at a sharp angle → World War II Amer. sl.
1948 ► PULL THE PLUG in submarining: to dive → US sl.
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