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Definition of Demobbing
1. demob [v] - See also: demob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demobbing
Literary usage of Demobbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte by William Hazlitt (1847)
"... Or- iers afterwards arrived from the Convention for demobbing the ' The manner
of doing this was sufficiently ..."
2. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1836)
"that effort which is at one time executed with so much zeal and ability, of
demobbing superfluous patronage, and denounce? Ministerial profusion. ..."
3. The Sunny Side by Alan Alexander Milne (1922)
"... And set me slowly sobbing; I hailed them with a happy laugh And slapped old
Samson on the calf, And asked a member of the staff For "Officers demobbing. ..."
4. General Bramble by André Maurois (1922)
"Aurelle emerged from behind an unfolded copy of the Times. " Things look very
rotten," he said. " The Germans are taking heart again; you are demobbing; ..."
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