demob

present singular third person demobs · participle present demobbing · participle past demobbed · past demobbed

1. UKTo demobilize; to release someone from military service.

   When Lil’s husband got demobbed, I said— / I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, / Hurry up please its time / Now Albert’s coming back, make yourself a bit smart. […] think of poor Albert, / Hes been in the army four years, […]

   1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 22

plural demobs

1. UKcountableuncountableDemobilization; release from military service.

   […] word was, some men were getting their demob quicker than others.

   2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 37, in Small Island, London: Review, page 365

2. UKcountableuncountableA person released from military service.

   There are hundreds—thousands—of young demobs like yourself to be had to-day for the asking.

   1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London