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dogrobber definition

☆ dog·rob·ber (dôg′räb′ər)

noun

Mil. Slang an officer's orderly

Etymology: dog + robber

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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Always thought that a dogrobber was an orderly who could obtain illicit goods and do marginally illegal things for his officer; were typically tech or master sargeants. Circa 1940s

Posted by ravenman2009@yahoo.com 77 days ago.

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