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noun
A group of men who were friends before being enlisted, all of whom were placed into a single battalion in order to incentivize enlistment in the British Army during World War I.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
From pals + battalion, from the sense that one's pals would fight along with them.
