corporal
adjective
corporalship
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a word derived from
corporal.
Example Sentences
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He had enlisted as a private only a short time ago but had been shot speedily into his corporalship.
From Wild Wings A Romance of Youth by Margaret Rebecca Piper
The unlawful corporal was again hailed to justice, his corporalship seeming more valueless than ever, and to give him a lesson we bought the bread for three dinars, for it was worth it.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Cora Gordon
"It would help me to stay in good with him," He had a minute's worry about his corporalship.
From Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos
He snuggled warmly into his blankets, thinking of Yvonne and the corporalship.
From Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos
"I didn't say a corporalship, Tom, I said—" "Excuse me, I meant a sergeantship."
From The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island by Edward Stratemeyer
