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  • 71staff of life — staff′ of life′ n. bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet • Etymology: 1630–40 …

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  • 72staff sergeant — staff′ ser′geant n. 1) mil a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army ranking above a sergeant and below a sergeant first class 2) a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps ranking above a sergeant and below a gunnery sergeant 3) a… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 73staff — The plural in the meanings ‘pole’ and ‘body of employees’ is staffs. In the music meaning it is staffs or staves …

    Modern English usage

  • 74staff nurse — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ an experienced nurse less senior than a sister or charge nurse …

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  • 75staff of life — n. bread, regarded as the basic food …

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  • 76staff sergeant — n. ☆ 1. U.S. Army a noncommissioned officer of the sixth grade, ranking above sergeant and below sergeant first class ☆ 2. U.S. Air Force a noncommissioned officer of the fifth grade, ranking above sergeant and below technical sergeant ☆ 3. U.S.… …

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  • 77staff — ▪ I. staff staff 1 [stɑːf ǁ stæf] noun staff PLURALFORM HUMAN RESOURCES [countable] the people who work for an organization or business: • We now employ a staff of 25. • Every member of staff has strengths and weaknesses …

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  • 78Staff (music) — In standard Western musical notation, the staff, or stave,[1] is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments. Appropriate… …

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  • 79Staff Sergeant — For the brush footed butterfly species, see Athyma selenophora.Staff Sergeant is a rank of non commissioned officer used in several countries.The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British army regiment and paid at that… …

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  • 80Staff (stick) — For other uses of the word staff, see staff. A staff is a large, thick stick or stick shaped object used to help with walking, as a status symbol, as a component of traditional barrel making, or as a weapon. The plural form of staff was… …

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