Jimmy the One

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English

Proper noun

Jimmy the One

  1. (UK, military, slang) A first lieutenant in the navy.
    • 1943, Sir Reginald Bacon, Britain's Glorious Navy, page 28:
      By custom of the Navy the first lieutenant, or "Jimmy the One" as he is called, is in charge of cables and cablework on the forecastle.
    • 2017, Martin Mace, The Royal Navy at Dunkirk:
      He looks up and greets me in the bluff good-natured way that makes him popular with everyone from Jimmy the One down to our newest ordinary seaman.
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