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an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines
our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value
How To Use buck private In A Sentence
- Pat Reid was buck private to begin with and, even though he was in charge of an important group, he remained a buck private until the day he left Spain.
- The sergeant was degraded to buck private.
- In 1954, I became a Ph.D. in mathematics and a buck private in the Army.
- He is a buck private.
- I started out as a buck private and served in five different enlisted grades before becoming an officer.
- The next day I was still a buck private with KP as my highest duty.
- A young buck private saw the first body as they approached the village.
- I was a buck private, private first class, sergeant, staff sergeant, first sergeant, and then I became a second lieutenant.
- Buck Privates (1941) Abbott and Costello are a lesson in rhythm every time they open their mouths. Larry