Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)A merchant navy sailor promoted to be an officer without attending an academy

Origin

From hawsepipe.

From hawsepipe.

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Forms

plural: hawsepipers
Singularhawsepiper
Pluralhawsepipers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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