单词 | probie |
释义 | probien. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A probationer; spec. a fire officer undergoing probation.In quot. 1890 as a nickname. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > trainee trainee1833 probie1890 pre-professional1932 1890 Los Angeles Times 25 Mar. 4/4 Private Sanford of the marines testified that he knew Fireman Walker in the Washington Navy-yard under the name of Proby. 1899 L. Becke Old Convict Days ii. 42 For a proby (probationer) you're a plucky one. I won't report you. 1946 Richmond (Va.) News-leader 25 Jan. 11/4 There are times when the ‘probies’ (students at the probationary firemen's school) must think [etc.]. 1969 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. lii. 30 Proby, a man on probation because he is new on the force [sc. the Denver Fire Department]... ‘John is still a proby.’ 1980 D. Brin Sundiver i. ii. 15 A Temporary Probie, sentenced to probation for a crime, wouldn't want his sentence lengthened. 2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 217/3 When you were a probie—a probationary or apprentice firefighter—it meant being the first one to the sink to wash pots and pans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890 |
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