war surplus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of war surplus
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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After all, who goes shopping for a high-quality, brand-new $150 hunting rifle and goes home with a beat-up $10 war surplus weapon?
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023
In the autumn of 1949, Bridoux was in Washington to take possession of a war surplus P-38 Lightning destined for the Bolivian air force.
From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2021
She started working as a secretary in a war surplus company in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2019
As a young man he built a working television set from war surplus items and junk in the garage.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2017
One of their $800,000 electronic devices for their oil explorations turned out to be a $4.00 piece of war surplus junk.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
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