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probie

American  
[proh-bee] / ˈproʊ bi /

noun

Informal.
  1. a probationer, especially a firefighter who has recently joined a department.


Etymology

Origin of probie

1895–1900; prob(ationary) ( def. ) or prob(ation) + -ie

Example Sentences

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It seems likely to be the little Probier B�chlein, numbers of which were published in German in the first half of the 16th Century.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

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