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the privates
noun
The lowest rank of the army.
Exact(48)
A swift jab in the privates from Cloughie, almost certainly.
That roughly translates as "while the state advances, the privates retreat".
One of the privates chokes and starts tearing up while giving his tribute.
"You can never count on the privates, because they don't have to show up," he said.
The teenagers are too young, he said, and the privates are too poor.
"First they blamed the privates and the field operatives, then the generals.
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The private part".
The Private Finance Initiative.
The private sector.
It's the private-sector.
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