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/dɛmz/ On a defensively equipped merchant ship: a gunner.
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1943 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 27 Oct. 266 Defensively equipped merchant ship gunners (‘Dems’) taking a refresher course... A high-angle 4-in. gun being demonstrated to a ‘Dems’ class.
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