CODEL
n.— «The embassy responded by assigning 22 employes to operation CODEL (congressional delegation) IPU.» —“Logistics, Cost of Trip Staggering” by Donald P. Baker in Lisbon, Portugal Washington Post Mar. 30, 1978. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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