pipper

Definitions

1. A marker indicating the PIP (predicted impact point) on a head-up display.
   slang
2. A person wearing the specific number of stars on the shoulder of their uniform, implying a particular rank.
   in-compounds, slang

Examples

“Our caricaturist, Lieutenant Fred May, has this week specialised in “three pippers,” as all of the officers in the above collection, have⟳ attained to captain's rank, and have⟳ all, so we understand⟳, been “through it" […]”

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