pals battalion
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Etymology[edit]
pals + battalion, from the sense that one's pals would fight along with them.
Noun[edit]
pals battalion (plural pals battalions)
- (UK, military, historical) A group of men who were friends before being enlisted, all of whom were placed into a single battalion in order to incentivize enlistment in the British Army during World War I.