Harry’s Angels, noun phrase
- Origin:
- Named for Harry F. Oppenheimer of the Anglo American Corporation, who sponsored their operation; probably formed by analogy with the name of the contemporary U.S. television series Charlie’s Angels.
A nickname given to a team of medical specialists participating in a voluntary service, being flown from Johannesburg to work in Swaziland on a regular basis. Also attributive.
1971 S. Afr. Panorama Oct. 36Dr. George Cohen, a radiologist of Johannesburg, who founded ‘Harry’s Angels’, a medical specialist shuttle service operating between Johannesburg and Manzini, Mbabane and Hlatikulu in Swaziland.
1981 Fair Lady 23 Sept. 79They were named the ‘SA Flying Medical Specialists Service’ — but it was ‘Harry’s Angels’ that stuck...Surgeons and anaesthetists in Harry’s Angels’ team often fit a week’s work into one day in Swaziland.
A nickname given to a team of medical specialists participating in a voluntary service, being flown from Johannesburg to work in Swaziland on a regular basis. Also attributive.
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