probie
nounEtymology From probationary + -ie.
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Slang Someone holding a position on a probationary basis, subject to performance or examination.
- He's no closer to carrying out the suggestion of the 3rd Step than the day the Probie drove him over to his halfway house from Peabody Holding.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 444:
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Firefighting, Government Slang A neophyte firefighter.
- A probie never complains. A probie keeps his mouth shut, his eyes open. A probie is never idle. A probie is always learning or drilling or cleaning. That's why you're still called a probie: for one year after you leave training school.1997. Steve Delson. "The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives", Page 41