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war surplus

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war surplus [′wȯr ′sər‚pləs]
(ordnance)
A military article of supply or piece of equipment that has been declared surplus because it is obsolete, unserviceable, or excess to current and reserve military requirements.


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Using war surplus materials, he started building tractors for his neighbors in his garage.
Its history began in 1923, when Count Louis Vorrow Zborowski and his engineer Clive Gallop - who designed Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - built the original Babs with a war surplus American Liberty V12 aero engine.
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