Meanings
nounfull screw (plural full screws)
plural full screws
- UKslanggovernmentA corporal.
It was especially important when I was promoted to the rank of staff sergeant, with all its additional responsibilities. I'd loved being a fullscrew – a corporal – because I was still one of the lads and didn’t have too much else to think about.
2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 111
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“full screw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20screw. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full screw,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20screw.
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