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Dido Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

HATMAN

0 What does it mean? It is in a context of pilots and the II World War. 02br
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0 Obviously the man who wears the hat... 02br 00The man in command? 02br 00The man to follow?

  • 0 Obviously the man who wears the hat...
  • 02br 00The man in command?
  • 02br 00The man to follow?
  • 02br 00The man to target on?
  • 02br 00A man who seeks for justice?
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0 Obviously the man who wears the hat... 02br
00The man in command? 02br
00The man to follow? 02br
00The man to target on? 02br
00A man who seeks for justice? a revenger? 02br
00I honestly don't know... 0-
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0 Pieanne, it should be the man in command as the man who wears the hat is too obvious and does not make any sense in the text. 02br
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0 I googled the expression, and found it could be the man seeking for revenge... But it may have come after the WW2 expression. 02br
00BTW, you didn't give us any text... 0-
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0 Yes, sorry, I should have given you more clues. 0-
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0 Some kind of fetishistic superhero, perhaps. 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 I've heard of a 01b00bat02b00man in the context of the RAF, but not a hatman. Are you going to give us some context Dido? 0-
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0 Sorry, I've been out of the city so I've just seen your question abbie; yes, it was in the context of the RAF so it's probably a misprint. By the way, what is a batman? some kind of guy who gives orders.... 02br
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0 On the contrary, Dido. A batman is essentially a member of the lower ranks who acts as a servant to a higher ranking officer - presses his uniform, brings his gin and tonic, etc. 0-
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0Ah! THAT's what's been missing in my life! 0-
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0 Thanks Abbie, now it's clear. I've realised I urgently need a batman ... 0-

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