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repple depple

repple depple noun: a replacement depot.

Noun

repple depple (plural repple depples)

  1. (slang) A replacement depot.
    • Cartoonist and commentator Bill Mauldin, who served in the war, explains: When a soldier gets out of an army hospital he will most likely be thrown into a “repple depple.”2006, Peter Karsten, Encyclopedia of War and American Society, page 1115

Forms of repple depple

pluralrepple depples

Origin of repple depple

From the initial syllables.

Questions about repple depple

What does repple depple mean?
Repple depple means a replacement depot.
What part of speech is repple depple?
Repple depple is a noun.
What is the plural of repple depple?
The plural of repple depple is repple depples.

Words near repple depple in the dictionary

  1. reppers
  2. Reppert
  3. Repperts
  4. reppiaite
  5. repping
  6. repple depple
  7. repple depples
  8. repps
  9. repr.
  10. repraise
  11. repraised

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