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ninety-day wonder

[ nahyn-tee-dey ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, especially after a three-months officers' training course during World War II.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ninety-day wonder1

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

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