Definition of Bunkhouse

1. Noun. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers, especially in a rural setting ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bunkhouse

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunkhouse

bunk-up
bunk bed
bunk beds
bunk down
bunk off
bunkbed
bunkbeds
bunked
bunker
bunker mentality
bunkered
bunkering
bunkerings
bunkerlike
bunkers
bunkhouse (current term)
bunkhouses
bunkie
bunkies
bunking
bunkmate
bunkmates
bunko
bunko game
bunkoed
bunkoing
bunkos
bunkroom
bunkrooms
bunks

Literary usage of Bunkhouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Praise Blue Skies by Tom White (2003)
"The bunkhouse where the Whites spent much of the summer of 1953 was located on the Plains east of Vinita. Polly Thomas, Wendell's sister, is shown seated in ..."

2. Gold and Silver: Comprising an Economic History of Mining in the United by Walter Richard Crane (1908)
"The bunkhouse workings yield several distinct kinds of ore: that from the central portion contained from 200 to 500 ounces of silver and was basic bearing ..."

3. Adventure Guide to Oklahoma by Lynne M. Sullivan (1999)
"The ranch has a bunkhouse with 20 rooms (all with private baths), ... Rates are $150 per person per day in the bunkhouse and $100 per person per day in the ..."

4. Adjudicated Forms of Pleading and Practice: With Annotations and Correlative by John George Jury (1911)
"That said steam-engine is, and then was, of the value of $600, and said bunkhouse is, and then was, of the value of $100. 5. That the defendants herein, ..."

5. Handbook of Construction Equipment: Its Cost and Use by Richard Turner Dana (1921)
"Car camps on wheels with a bunkhouse and mess-hall unit in each outfit repay their cost each season on road maintenance in ..."

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