Definitions
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- noun military A soldier during the Vietnam war who had less than two months to serve.
- noun military A person who would not be required to do a difficult or dangerous task.
- noun colloquial An employee who has
given notice of their intent to leave.
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Examples
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Back on post, I drop my clothes on my bunk and, wearing only flip-flops and a towel, follow the perforated steel walkway to the latrine Quonset and stand under the hot water for a long while, thinking about my short-timer's calendar.
The Korean Bargain Barry Basden 2011
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He was a pallid-faced little dope fiend of a short-timer who would do anything to obtain the drug.
Chapter 4 2010
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I have spent vacations and only vacations in other countries, and as a short-timer did not find myself having to adapt a great deal to local culture (though I did what I was told so as not to offend, for the most part).
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With every lawmaker essentially a free agent short-timer, seeking from their first days in Sacramento a pathway up the ladder, it is most often lobbyists who retain institutional memory and remain the only long-playing experts on complex issues.
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In the small pantheon of memorable Washington spokesmen, the White House mouthpiece is a mere short-timer.
Spokeswoman Susan Gibbs leaves the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, one of the busier PR jobs in town The Reliable Source 2011
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I have spent vacations and only vacations in other countries, and as a short-timer did not find myself having to adapt a great deal to local culture (though I did what I was told so as not to offend, for the most part).
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Blair, a former commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, probably became a short-timer after a young Nigerian man boarded a plane bound for Detroit on Christmas Day allegedly with explosives sewn into his underwear.
White House can be a tough fit for ex-military officers 2010
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Some in the military establishment have told us that they feel that their mission is smoother without having to assimilate short-timer citizen-soldiers, or those who may feel more entitled to try to change the system, those whose opportunities and ambitions more or less guarantee that they will not "re-up" but just serve a minimum time then hurry back to the good life that awaits them.
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Rep. Joe Sestak, who ousted Specter on May 18, has a considerably better profile as a short-timer in Congress -- he was first elected in 2006 -- with a deep military resume and strong outsider credentials.
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The short-timer would serve from after the November election until the new senator is inaugurated in January.
Illinois Senate Special Election: Gov. Quinn Calls For Second Ballot For Senate Seat 2010
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