full screw
English
editNoun
editfull screw (plural full screws)
- (UK, military slang) A corporal.
- Coordinate term: lance-jack
- 2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 111:
- 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.