offbase
adjective
located outside the perimeters of a military base: off-base housing for officers.
Origin:
1935–40
1935–40
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off-base
"unawares," 1936, Amer.Eng., fig. extension from baseball sense of "not in the right position" (1907), from notion of a baserunner being picked off while taking a lead.
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Offbase
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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