English Explanatory Dictionary

zipperhead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soldier in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps or in the Armoured Crewman military trade.
noun
  1. A person of East Asian descent.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-zipperhead.wav

Word forms

zipperhead zipperheads

Etymology

From zipper + head. From the leather helmets formerly used by early Canadian armoured crewmen, with a pattern of stitching resembling a zipper. There is also a folk etymology referring to the zippers on armoured-vehicle crew suits (repurposed flight suits).

Synonyms

trooper crewman tanker armoured crewman armoured soldier tread-head treadhead almond eyes chicken lips dink gook slant eye slopehead zipperlid
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