bomber

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

   • As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night.
2. 2

   A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.

3. 3

   Ellipsis of bomber jacket.

   • A few years ago, the leather bomber was a gold mine for retailers and a gravy train for vendors. Consumers were crazy for them.
   • First singer and guitarist Marcus Mumford, wearing a black suit, then bassist Ted Dwane, in leather bomber and T-shirt.[…]
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   1. 4

      A 22-ounce beer bottle.

   2. 5

      Ellipsis of graffiti bomber.

      • To bomb the system is to saturate MTA subway cars with one's signatures. ln the 1980s, certain writers were identified as bombers because they had mastered all disciplines of the form: insides, throw-ups, window-downs, top-to-bottoms, […]
   3. 6

      A large cannabis cigarette.

      • In Canada, marihuana cigarettes rarely contain any tobacco, and may vary in size from a few hundred milligrams up to a several gram "bomber."
      • That night, I swallowed the last of my pain pills, smoked a bomber, and let the drugs carry me away.
   4. 7

      Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear.

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