Meanings
noun4F (plural 4Fs)
adjective4F (not comparable)
alternative 4-F
- USnot comparablegovernmentCategorised as physically unfit for military service.
The cook gave him his meals separate from the white hired hands, but he heard them talking about the draft and joking with each other about being 4F. Some were 4F because cowboys get stove up by bad horses.
1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Scars of Honor; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 148
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA military draftee rejected for being physically unfit.
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Origin
From the Selective Service Classification code.
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