repple depple
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the initial syllables.
Noun[edit]
repple depple (plural repple depples)
- (military, slang) A replacement depot.
- 2006, Peter Karsten, Encyclopedia of War and American Society, page 1115:
- Cartoonist and commentator Bill Mauldin, who served in the war, explains: When a soldier gets out of an army hospital he will most likely be thrown into a “repple depple.”