English Explanatory Dictionary

dicksmith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A United States Navy hospital corpsman.

Word forms

dicksmith dicksmiths

Etymology

From dick + smith, from the shameful tendency of some sailors to acquire venereal diseases.

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