What is the meaning of I HAVE DONe MY HITCH! please somebody help me! thanks you!!!?

Question

i have to translate this from a poem of ANNE SEXTON but i can't find a meaning for hitch in this part! can somebody help me !! please:)

Answer 1

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in the military doing your "hitch" means you have done your time of service or time deployed. Some refer to "doing there hitch" when they are talking about doing something they didnt like and are trying to pass it off on somone else :)

Ex: We need 2 "volunteers" to clean the bathrooms.

Soldier1: **** that! Ive done my hitch. Send one of the privates to do it.

Answer 2

hitch = slang for "job" or "stint" (time spent doing a project or some favor on behalf of somebody else)

Answer 3

hitch means to fasten one thing to another, so "getting hitched" means getting married, "Doing a hitch in the Army" means a term of engagement of service, so "done my hitch" means to get out, either of military service or incarceration.

Answer 4

"Done my hitch" is an American slang term that refers to serving an enlistment in the army or other military or serving a term of office. It could also refer to any task that is difficult and once completed will not soon be repeated.