antedating of mil. "rotate," intrans.

[Jonathan Lighter]

Undoubtedly goes back to 1944, but OED's earliest is 1973:

  1967 in Bill Frey _Letters from 'Nam_ (N.Y.: Warner Books, 1992) 73: Only 204 days till I rotate.


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