PX
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8.1
- noun
- /piː ɛks/
- Jargon
:
tienda de la base
- You can purchase snacks and toiletries at the PX on the Army base.
- PX, the Post Exchange
- PX and the commissary
- buy at a PX
Examples
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You can get better than that at the PX.
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While he was liberating Europe, I was running the PX.
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Someone to see you out in front of the PX at J Street, sir.
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Oh, just waiting to get back to the land of the big PX.
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Maybe you can get something at the PX.
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Follow the road past the PX.
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I went down to the PX first thing and stocked up.
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No, I got toilet paper comin' from the PX, the Army.
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We got to write Congress to boost our PX ration.
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And you can't buy at a PX without a military ID, so our suspect could be military.
Synonyms
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7.0
A store on a military base that sells food and other supplies to people in the military
A store on an army base where soldiers and their families buy goods
Surface Forms
Etymology
PX is short for Post Exchange, a name for a shop at an army 'post' where people 'exchange' money for goods. That's why PX means the on-base store where soldiers and their families can buy items, often tax-free.