ninety-day wonder: Meaning and Definition of

nine'ty-day won'der

Pronunciation: (nīn'tē-dā"), [key]
— Informal. Informal.
  1. an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, esp. after a three-months officers' training course during World War II.
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