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non-com

/ ˈɒˌɒ /

noun

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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And he knew many other things too, because he came to the company as a non-com. and was promoted from the ranks.

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"In the army in peace-time you’ve nothing to trouble about,” he goes on, "your food’s found every day, or else you kick up a row; you’ve a bed, every week clean underwear like a perfect gent, you do your non-com.’s duty, you have a good suit of clothes; in the evening you’re a free man and go off to the pub.”

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Yes, Oscar and June are dead, but Forever still is a low-key non-com about the ennui of affluent married people.

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At this point, Forever appears to be another low-key non-com about the ennui of affluent married people—and then Oscar skis into a tree and dies.

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In military language, grandchildren, a “non-com” is a noncommissioned officer, anyone above the rank of a private, but no higher than a sergeant.

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