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demob-happy

adjective

  1. feeling elated in anticipation of demobilization from the armed forces

  2. feeling elated and carefree in anticipation of the end of any onerous or unpleasant period

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Demob-happy kids are strolling in groups on the Old Kent Road.

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The worms look like demob-happy frankfurters.

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And so we face the final curtain or at best a rather demob-happy, oddly tension-free final flutter of a curtain that fell some time ago for most of English football’s top tier.

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Over at the White House, the demob-happy Obamas were also playing zombies, as they entertained a children's Halloween party with a rendition of Michael Jackson's Thriller.

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The early rain on Froome’s parade failed to dampen his spirits and, as the peloton meandered towards the official start at Ville-d’Avray, he received congratulatory handshakes from demob-happy rivals and the Tour director, Christian Prudhomme, before the signal to begin racing was semaphored.

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