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billet

noun as in housing

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My office still has no billet and no funding, this year and the next.

Fighting fires isn’t a specific military billet, but it fits under the broader umbrella of tasks the military has to do in addition to the work of war.

He doesn't believe in my zeal for efficiency at Mudros; he thinks my little plan is to work General Ellison into the billet.

What were invasions and armies—what were kings and kingdoms—to the slightest wish of the being who had written this billet?

One end of the bar is flattened and pierced with small holes, while at the other a billet of wood is suspended from a chain.

Afterwards I hurried to my billet and hastily packed up all my kit, and marched the regiment down to the trenches.

In passing through the yard, the leader of the band fell over a billet of wood, and received a momentary hurt from the fall.

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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to billet, such as: berth, camp, canton, dwelling, harbor, and house.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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