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Ordnance store   /ˈɔrdnəns stɔr/   Listen
Ordnance store

noun
1.
Military supplies.  Synonyms: munition, ordnance.






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"Ordnance store" Quotes from Famous Books



... our three remaining batteries to turn down, watching to take quick advantage of the G in the first possible GAP. "Pretty lively here last night," volunteered the R.A.M.C. captain. "General scramble to get out, and some unusual sights. There was a big ordnance store, and they hadn't enough lorries to get the stuff away, so they handed out all manner of goods to prevent them being wasted. The men got pretty well carte blanche in blankets, boots, and puttees, and you should have seen them carting off officers' shirts and underclothing. There was a lot of champagne ...
— Pushed and the Return Push • George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)



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