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  • noun Plural form of noncom.

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Examples

  • They were mainly wives of soldiers and noncoms, but a fair number were prostitutes.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • They were mainly wives of soldiers and noncoms, but a fair number were prostitutes.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Oughton and her comrades had been simply and elegantly plotting to plant an antipersonnel bomb at a dance for noncoms and their dates in nearby Fort Dix, New Jersey.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • The men at Winchester in particular were out of hand, and on May 1 Washington issued a sweeping order covering negligence by noncoms, rioting, fighting, drunkenness, and theft.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Oughton and her comrades had been simply and elegantly plotting to plant an antipersonnel bomb at a dance for noncoms and their dates in nearby Fort Dix, New Jersey.

    Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

  • They were mainly wives of soldiers and noncoms, but a fair number were prostitutes.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Now he outlawed campfires, ordered muskets kept always loaded, noncoms to keep bayonets fixed, and forbade anyone from erecting “bowers” as shelter from the wretched weather.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Captains, lieutenants, and majors are commissioned; noncoms are mainly sergeants (and corporals, in the US Army and Marines).

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  • The men at Winchester in particular were out of hand, and on May 1 Washington issued a sweeping order covering negligence by noncoms, rioting, fighting, drunkenness, and theft.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Now he outlawed campfires, ordered muskets kept always loaded, noncoms to keep bayonets fixed, and forbade anyone from erecting “bowers” as shelter from the wretched weather.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

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