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blubberbag 
n. See quotes.
- 1964 On arriving at Thule five collapsible neoprene rubber tanks are installed in each Hercules, permitting 4500 U.S. gallons of fuel to be airlifted on each flight. . . . The five sausage-shaped tanks, nicknamed blubberbags, were used for the first time . . . to airlift 192,260 gallons of fuel-oil to the weather stations . . . on the northern rim of the Canadian Arctic.
- 1965 A Defense Department spokesman said that RCAF Hercules [air trucks] operating on Arctic manoeuvres have carried 4,000 gallons of oil in rubber blubberbags which fill the interior of the aircraft.
- 1964 On arriving at Thule five collapsible neoprene rubber tanks are installed in each Hercules, permitting 4500 U.S. gallons of fuel to be airlifted on each flight. . . . The five sausage-shaped tanks, nicknamed blubberbags, were used for the first time . . . to airlift 192,260 gallons of fuel-oil to the weather stations . . . on the northern rim of the Canadian Arctic.