soldiers' home
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soldiers' home
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Sawtelle, named for a land development company’s manager, is no more, but the modern VA hospital and remnants of the old soldiers’ home remain.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022
She said the soldiers’ home country has been contacted so that legal proceedings could begin.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2022
They try to match the remains with DNA samples from the soldiers’ home countries.
From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2019
“On April 13, 150 years ago today, he rode out to the soldiers’ home from downtown D.C. for the last time.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2015
As he walked about the rooms and corridors of the soldiers' home in Paris he appeared to the stranger like an ordinary man, unless it were in his apathetic manner.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
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