Blonde One

A common censoring of , a precision machinists’ slang term for one half of a thousandth of an inch. (According to AVE’s ruler scale) 0.0005 “When you’re machining, you can always pluck a blond one away—you can’t put one back.” [Non-AvE word] See also, “Red One.” Other variations include “Half Blonde,” “Black One,” and “Mediterranean.”