Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Post Exchange
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- initialism US, military The U.S. Army's Post Exchange.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a commissary on a United States Army post
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Also for future info the PX is going to start selling Guns and supplies again.
Check this out! 2009
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Also for future info the PX is going to start selling Guns and supplies again.
Check this out! 2009
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As Stanley Karnow writes, "the main PX [Post Exchange], located in the Saigon suburb of Cholon, was only slightly smaller than the New York Bloomingdale's ..." [
Robert Weller: Afghan War Drones On Robert Weller 2010
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As Stanley Karnow writes, "the main PX [Post Exchange], located in the Saigon suburb of Cholon, was only slightly smaller than the New York Bloomingdale's ..." [
Robert Weller: Afghan War Drones On Robert Weller 2010
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As Stanley Karnow writes, "the main PX [Post Exchange], located in the Saigon suburb of Cholon, was only slightly smaller than the New York Bloomingdale's ..." [
Robert Weller: Afghan War Drones On Robert Weller 2010
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As Stanley Karnow writes, "the main PX [Post Exchange], located in the Saigon suburb of Cholon, was only slightly smaller than the New York Bloomingdale's ..." [
Robert Weller: Afghan War Drones On Robert Weller 2010
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The sweetest is Pedro Ximenez – often just known as PX – the dark intensity of which is perfect with dessert and also a robust match for cheese.
The sherry revival Norman Miller 2010
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Then we've heard about things involving the PX, which is right down here.
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Early reports say a civilian in Kuwait City drove a white pick-up truck into a line of U.S. soldiers queuing up at a PX, which is a military store.
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Today the tactic apparently coming to Kuwait, just about an hour ago we have learned now that a man drove a pickup truck into a group of U.S. soldiers lined up at a military store known as a PX at Camp of Udairi, northwest of Kuwait City.
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