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  • noun Plural form of probie.

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Examples

  • I liked how Lou's letter was explaining how the whole "group" needs to stay together, and at the end you see that while Tommy was talking to the probies.

    Ask Matt: The Closer, Damages, New Girl, Pan Am and More! 2011

  • Because of elf and safety probies (sorry – ‘Student Officers’) are not allowed to be involved in anything physical, so practicals have to end when the ‘laying on of hands’ takes place.

    Make the lie big, make it simple and keep saying it. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • We end with a call back to the series' beginning, as Tommy addresses a new gaggle of probies, standing before a backdrop of names of 9/11's fallen heroes.

    Finale Review: Rescue Me 2011

  • To get 100 probies, we used to need about 2200 applicants, or thereabouts.

    We Are So Unpopular That Everyone Wants To Join SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • It's just after 9/11, the house has been decimated, everybody but the probies are suffering from survivor's guilt and PTSD, and these are not guys who are used to admitting to having any softer emotions, let alone confronting such intense ones that leave them feeling weak and out of control.

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • It's just after 9/11, the house has been decimated, everybody but the probies are suffering from survivor's guilt and PTSD, and these are not guys who are used to admitting to having any softer emotions, let alone confronting such intense ones that leave them feeling weak and out of control.

    Rescue me from Rescue Me 2008

  • With luck the probies will be caught on their heels for a few minutes.

    Beast Master's Circus Norton, Andre 2004

  • Tell Dedran he gets us under cover or the probies have us and we talk our heads off.

    Beast Master's Circus Norton, Andre 2004

  • To get back to full strength, the FDNY recruited twice the number of probationary firefighters, known as probies.

    CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2003 2003

  • Coming in for the first time, Pena did what all probies do.

    CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2003 2003

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