working party

noun

1. a committee established to investigate a problem, question, etc
2. a group of soldiers or prisoners assigned to perform some manual task or duty

Example Sentences

A working party went out upon the bridge, but one after another was killed or wounded.

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It seems that they had been sent out as a working party to a near by farm.

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We were "warned" for a working party on a railroad grade near by.

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At noon the working party return on board to dinner, and at one again go on shore, where they labour till near sun-set.

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The sentries with me retired in a rare state of mind, and my working party bolted, and were stopped with great difficulty.

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