Home Guard

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Home Guard

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(Noun) The Local Defence Volunteers, renamed by Churchill: early WWII British home-defense units, organized (after a fashion) and armed (after a fashion) to fight the expected invasion.
Composed largely of men beyond the military service age.

Usage: Almost everyone, upon hearing that the Local Defence Volunteers had been renamed the Home Guard, agrees that it was an inspired choice.

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