fragged
adj.— «“We have flown everything as fragged,” Cantres said. “Today was the first day of flying and the box score reads 12 scored, 12 flown, 9.7 flying hours.”» —“AF deploys to Brazil for first time since WW II” by John B. Dendy in Natal, Brazil Air Force News Service Oct. 26, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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