Probie (probationary employee)

[Wilson Gray]

On the CBS TV show, NCIS, one of the characters, "Timothy McGee,"
played by Sean Murray, is nicknamed "Probie." The program premiered on
September 23, 2003.

-Wilson

On 8/28/06, bapopik at aol.com <bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> A fire "probie" died yesterday. OED? HDAS?
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> Probie dies in Bronx blaze
> New York Daily News, NY - 8 hours ago
> ... struggled to reach Reilly, of Engine Co. 75, and his colleagues. But it was too late to save the probie. "He did what he wanted to do ...
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-Wilson
––
Everybody says, "How hard it is that we have to die"––a strange
complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

--Sam Clemens

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