orderly room
the administrative office of a small military unit.
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How to use orderly room in a sentence
It's eight-an'-twenty days an' the rough end of the Colonel's tongue in orderly-room, any way you look at ut.
Soldier Stories | Rudyard KiplingHamilton assented gravely, and Bones went to the door of the orderly room and roared a name.
The Keepers of the King's Peace | Edgar WallaceI was in the meantime to ask for the use of the orderly-room.
From Aldershot to Pretoria | W. E. SellersIn fact, nearly twelve months later orderly room received bills for the use of the electric light in the officers' mess!
The Seventh Manchesters | S. J. WilsonHe posts up in the orderly room the list of the officers, Sergeants, and Corporals "of the week."
Trooper 3809 | Lionel Decle
British Dictionary definitions for orderly room
military a room in the barracks of a battalion or company used for general administrative purposes
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