Sentence examples for the probie from inspiring English sources
noun
Someone holding a position on a probationary basis, subject to performance or examination.
"Don't worry, I got it taken care of," Firefighter Jimmy MacEntee said as he took the probie aside.
Rather than lead the "probie" into Tower 2, Lieutenant Crisci ordered him to stay outside with the truck.
A probie, or probationary firefighter, is struck by the senior guys' aura and ease: making jokes, telling stories, deconstructing a fire, commanding respect, all in stark contrast to the probie's grunt life of doing chores and not being allowed in the TV room the first year on the job.
The night the alarm bells sounded and the newest probie mentioned that he did not like sliding down the brass pole, the men exchanged looks.
When he became a firefighter with Ladder Company 13 three years ago, "he was about as perfect as you can get," said his friend Chris Gainer, who graduated from the Fire Academy with him and, in longstanding firehouse tradition, became "the bad probie" while Mr. McHugh was "the good probie".
His father, brother and one grandfather all retired from the department; his other grandfather was killed on the job before his probie year was out.
His driver, John L. Thomasian, said of Mr. Sineno, "I was John's probie," using the department's term for rookie.
"There's 300 probies out of probie school they're pumping out.
"In probie school, they teach you the choreography, the cha-cha, the tango, and now the music starts.
"But from the first day he went to probie school, he worked hard, he really wanted to be part of the Fire Department".
