单词 | short-service |
释义 | > as lemmasshort-service short-service n. military service limited to a prescribed short period; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > period of service long service1782 hitch1835 short-service1882 1882 E. W. Hamilton Diary 19 Nov. (1972) I. 361 What struck him [sc. Mr. Gladstone] most was the magnificent appearance of the line regiments—an unanswerable proof against the charges of short service. 1897 Daily News 9 Feb. 6/3 A sufficient short-service home army, and a really effective reserve force. 1905 H. O. Arnold-Forster in Hansard's Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 29 Mar. 1582 If we were allowed to take the Militia and make them the short-service Army. < as lemmas |
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