demob
Americanverb
noun
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short for demobilization See demobilization
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( as modifier )
a demob suit
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a soldier who has been demobilized
Etymology
Origin of demob
First recorded in 1915–20; originally short for demobilize
Example Sentences
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Back in the UK, he acquired his first newspaper title, the Tooting and Balham Gazette, with his £300 demob payment.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2022
Back home, the family business had turned to war work, making uniforms and later "demob suits", where it had one third of the total market.
From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2011
He spoke in a 1997 TV documentary about emerging from the Royal Navy after World War II in his demob suit and with £80.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2010
After serving the final two years of the second world war in the Royal Navy as a morse code operator, he started out as a journalist on demob in 1946 with the Greyhound Owner.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2010
We were going in the right direction and demob was in sight.
From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by Cox, John
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