Function: noun
(military slang) An aircraft carrier (a warship with a flight deck on which airplanes can be launched and landed).
"I was lucky during 'Nam," the Marine veteran told me. "For the duration of my tour, I pulled sea duty on the Big Bird Cage."
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Noun. (Hollywood slang): An article of clothing made from elasticized fabric that encirclies the body at the waist effecting the compression of the abdomen for the purpose of making the wearer seem slimmer; a girdle.
See also: corset
Nick Nolte told Rolling Stone that when he made "Cannery Row" he was so overweight he was forced to wear a 'Richard Dreyfus Special' during filming.
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