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Officer's mess   /ˈɔfɪsərz mɛs/   Listen
Officer's mess

noun
1.
A mess for the exclusive use of officers.






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"Officer's mess" Quotes from Famous Books



... release from irksome but voluntary enlistment. Jane's resignation from the Red Cross society deprived her of the privileges which would have permitted her to see much of Graydon. They were kept separated by the transport's regulations; he was a common soldier, she of the officer's mess. The restrictions were cruel and relentless. They saw but little of one another during the thirty days; but their thoughts were busy with the days to come. Graydon grew stronger and more confident as the ship forged nearer to the Golden Gate; Jane more wistful and resigned to the new purpose which ...
— Jane Cable • George Barr McCutcheon

... blue of the Mediterranean has been left behind for a time, which may be very short, and certainly cannot be long, and we now float on the light green waters of the Nile. The bugle has just sounded "the officer's mess," a sound that is welcome to me; the heat has not yet ...
— The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" • George Davidson



Words linked to "Officer's mess" :   mess, mess hall



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