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noun
A downgraded version of a weapon for export or war-time mass production, which lacks many advanced functions of the original version.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see monkey, model.
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History
Coined by Soviet and Russian writer Viktor Suvorov in 1982
