[Ads-l] antedating "ping jockey"

[Jonathan Lighter]

A sonar technician.

OED: 1947

1944 _Malvern [Ia.] Leader_ (Oct. 19) 8: The boys in this branch of the
navy are termed in navy slang as [sic] “Ping Jockeys” due to the peculiar
sound the instruments we work with make.

JL

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