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Thread #25719   Message #3640705
Posted By: MGM·Lion
09-Jul-14 - 03:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Ups and Downs
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Ups and Downs
In support of my contention of 0816 AM, note following from online Oxford Dictionary:-

BILLET verb (billets, billeting, billeted)

Lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house or other nonmilitary facility:
"he didn't belong to the regiment billeted at the hotel"

More example sentences

    "For much of European history barracks were the exception rather than the rule, and soldiers were billeted in civilian lodgings or public houses."


~M~