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单词 repo depot
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repo depotn.

Brit. /ˈrɛpəʊ ˌdɛpəʊ/, U.S. /ˈrɛpoʊ ˌdɛˌpoʊ/, /ˈripoʊ ˌdiˌpoʊ/
Forms: 1900s– repo depo, 1900s– repo depot, 1900s– reppo depot, 1900s– reppo deppo.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English repo , depot n.
Etymology: < repo ( < rep- (in replacement n.), extended for reduplicative effect; perhaps compare -o suffix) + depot n. Compare slightly earlier repple depple n.
U.S. Military slang.
= repple depple n.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > replacement depot
repple depple1944
repo depot1947
1947 Amer. Speech 22 216 Repple Depple had a less popular form, Reppo Depot. A person who never approached the fighting front was a Reppo Depot Ranger.
1961 D. J. Plantz Sweeney Squadron 8 Tell me that when you're sittin' on your barracks bag in a repo-depo.
1986 R. Merkin Zombie Jamboree 10 The Repo Depot, a transient barracks for three or four hundred uniformed outcasts.
2007 W. Guarnere & E. Heffron Brothers in Battle 142 I sure as hell wasn't going to no repo depot and getting assigned to another unit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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