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Iron Ass
Definition
(Noun) Nickname for Curtis LeMay: smart, gruff, bellicose, hard-nosed - What can I say? His nose was iron as well - four-star United States Air Force'Strategic Air Command General.Usage: In "Dr. Strangelove," the gruff, bombastic, bellicose, not-smart four-star Air Force/Strategic Air Command General (Jack D. Ripper? Buck Turgidson?) was the screenwriter's impression of "Iron Ass" - who didn't make a lot of liberal friends.
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