garrison duty

collocation in English

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garrison
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈɡær.ɪ.sən/us
/ˈɡer.ə.sən/
a group of soldiers living in or defending a town or building, or the buildings that the soldiers ...
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duty
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdʒuː.ti/us
/ˈduː.t̬i/
something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing ...
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(Definition ofgarrisonanddutyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Wickremesekera suggests that sepoys were originally trained to serve in a secondary military capacity such as guards forgarrisondutyand convoy escort.
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It is the military necessity of troops in occupation, of troops in training, of troops doinggarrisondutyand of troops at rest.
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He had had trench fever and rheumatism, and yet he was regarded as being good enough forgarrisondutyand for lines of communication.
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When it comes togarrisonduty, it is even worse.
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They may be all right forgarrisonduty, but for actual fighting at the front they are all more or less useless.
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Yet that man is put into the category for lines of communication andgarrisondutyabroad.
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It is little better to dogarrisondutywith hardly any distractions or amusements.
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Grade 2 was to include lines of communication, service in the tropics, andgarrisondutyabroad or at home.
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The guarding of wireless telegraphy stations and such places might be left in the hands of the civil police, and this would free about 8,000 from actualgarrisondutywork.
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Although usually intended forgarrisondutyonly, several units saw action.
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His avocation was composing songs and staging concerts and amateur theater productions, something to relieve the tedium of peacetimegarrisonduty.
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Garrisondutywas required out of everyone alike, there were no exceptions.
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After recovering, now in peace-time, he served with his regiment ongarrisonduty.
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They were originally only intended forgarrisonduty, but soon found themselves in the field.
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He spent three years teaching drawing at the academy, then back togarrisonduty.
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Late in the war, he was ongarrisonduty.
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It remained in guard andgarrisondutyuntil early 1866, when it was mustered out.
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Fortgarrisondutywith untrained troops made up for lost time.
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The five subsequent years were spent on the frontier and ingarrisonduty.
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They foundgarrisondutyboring and wanted to fight in the war for which they enlisted.
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