Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy

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Brass Pounder

Early 20th-century slang term for a vessel's radio operator, so called because he repeatedly struck a brass key on his transmitter to broadcast in morse code.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01

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