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hitch Slang 
n. a period of time, especially a period of service in the armed services.
- 1835 That remark seemed to grig him a little, he felt oneasy like and walked twice across the room, fifty fathoms deep in thought; at last he said, which way are you from, Mr. Slick, this hitch.
- 1945 . . . they do see a very real attraction in doing a single five-year hitch. . . .
- 1959 NAVY REDUCES FIRST "HITCH" TO THREE YEARS. As of July 6, the initial term of engagement of men recruited into the Royal Canadian Navy as new entries will be three years instead of the present five.
- 1835 That remark seemed to grig him a little, he felt oneasy like and walked twice across the room, fifty fathoms deep in thought; at last he said, which way are you from, Mr. Slick, this hitch.