bombs and bullets and beans n.pl.— «I have to oversee all the maintenance of the airplanes as well as make sure we’ve got all the bombs and bullets and beans we’re supposed to have everywhere.» —by John Bowe Gig Aug. 21...
knock n.— «The knock among the craftsmen and contractor, fishermen and lawyer barflies I run with is that the Gravy Yard, as they call it, is a bit of a club. Someone can get you “in” as a maintenance or whatever grunt, then...
Gravy Yard n.— «The knock among the craftsmen and contractor, fishermen and lawyer barflies I run with is that the Gravy Yard, as they call it, is a bit of a club. Someone can get you “in” as a maintenance or whatever grunt...
top hat n.— «A similar fuselage length and slightly taller horizontal stabilizer would limit the need to change airport and maintenance infrastructures now sized to accommodate 747s. The larger tail might require the addition of only a...
natural capitalism n. an economic theory or practice which assigns a financial cost to the use, maintenance, abuse, or depletion of natural resources and ecosystems. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
natural capitalism n.— «Natural capitalism recognizes the critical interdependency between the production and use of human-made capital and the maintenance and supply of natural capital.…Natural capital, made up of resources...