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  • noun Plural form of firee.

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Examples

  • However, the point the Johnson County "firees" are arguing is that they were covered by their county's grievance procedures and should not have been fired in the way Kline did.

    Kansas: Phill Kline's actions are just like every other DA's, except they aren't Diane Silver 2007

  • They narrowed the field down to 100, filmed 60 people, and 25 of those made it into the movie as firees.

    Chris Willman: Clooney's "Up in the Air" Premieres at Telluride 2009

  • Attorneys whose name turned up on a list of potential firees a few weeks ago.

    Matthew Yglesias » A Substantive Post About the Issues 2007

  • Seemed to me that the firing and the subsequent "intervention" - basically Bingham's spin - was met with helplessness from the firees.

    150: Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker 2009

  • Not so with Clinton's wholesale bloodletting, which as I understand it was unprecedented in churning so many attorneys general appointees at once, many of whom were clearly just as much embroiled in their cases as you indicate that the recent firees were generally, these transations do not occur "overnight" as they did under Clinton.

    President for 51% no 45% no 35% no 30% no 29% of Americans Ellen Beth Gill 2007

  • He may have coined the famous phrase "you're fired," but who were the most infamous firees in 2007?

    CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2007 2007

  • Reitman dots the picture with a few pixels from the real world: Some of the firees Ryan encounters are played by actors (including J.K. Simmons and Zach Galifianakis), but others are played by real people who've recently lost their jobs.

    Salon 2009

  • "We Know We Might Be Fucked" is a calmly composed conjecture of a high possibility of impending doom the likes of retirees and Lehman Brothers firees.

    Playback:stl Syndication 2008

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