full screw
(UK, military slang) A corporal.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, military slang) A corporal.
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 thin…
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