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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK military slang, now rare) A quartermaster, or quartermaster sergeant..
‘A private is ordered to complete some deficiency in his kit, and he goes to the quarter-bloke for it and gets nothing but abuse for his trouble.’
Use quarter-bloke when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quarter-bloke means (UK military slang, now rare) A quartermaster, or quartermaster sergeant..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘A private is ordered to complete some deficiency in his kit, and he goes to the quarter-bloke for it and gets nothing but abuse for his trouble.’
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