[ARC5] English & the Jerry Can (OT)

[Roy Morgan]

On Dec 23, 2014, at 6:21 PM, Gordon White <gewhite at crosslink.net> wrote:

> Having been married to the widow of a WW II fighter pilot, (she was a lot younger than Jerry, but you know fighter pilots - go for the young things) she had it that a bowser was a tank on wheels (trailer or self-powered) that  that refueled the planes)

My computer dictionary has:

bowser ...
noun … trademark
a tanker used for fueling aircraft and other vehicles or for supplying water.
ORIGIN 1920s: from the name of a company of oil storage engineers.


Roy

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