Meanings
plural blue jobs
- UKdatedair force slangA member of the air force.
Air force personnel used to distinguish airmen (blue jobs or boys in blue) from army personnel (brown jobs or boys in brown).
2006, David W. Clark, Joe's Letters, page 381 more example
As Blue Jobs we had to walk behind the sweep line, probably because we would have been a liability had there been a scene. We hadn't quite reached the camp area when we heard the sound of Ray's chopper.
2014, Preller Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations, page 224Synonyms: boy in blue
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of the air force.
Origin
From the colour of the uniform, and slang job (“thing”).
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