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labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)

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the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson

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they were assigned to kitchen fatigues

fatigue duty noun

The nonmilitary part of a soldier's work, such as kitchen duty

Main Entry: ↑fatigue

fatigue duty,

nonmilitary work done by members of the armed services. Cleaning up the camp or repairing roads is fatigue duty.