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Definition of Pup tent
1. Noun. A wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows.
Definition of Pup tent
1. Noun. a shelter tent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pup Tent
Literary usage of Pup tent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Corporal Si Klegg and His "pard". by Wilbur F. Hinman (1887)
"It was immediately christened the "pup" tent, and1 till the end of the war ...
Often the THE "PUP" TENT. ridicule conveyed by this name was intensified by ..."
2. The Fourteenth Ohio National Guard--: The Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry by Charles E. Creager (1899)
"... Trip Through Kentucky—Receptions Along the Line— Up the Alleghenies—Peep at
Piedmont Valley—"On to Richmond"—At Newport News—A "pup tent" ..."
3. The Ninety-first, the First at Camp Lewis by Alice Palmer Henderson (1918)
"Now a pup-tent is so called because it is just about the size and shape of a
dog-kennel, and two men occupy it. If this recruit could lie on both sides of ..."
4. New Words Self-defined by Charles Alphonso Smith (1919)
"pup tent The pup tent, as most know, is the little dog-kennel- like tent formed
by buttoning together the ... When one crawls into a little pup tent at six ..."
5. History of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments Rhode Island Volunteers, and the by William Arnold] [Spicer (1892)
"... the '.pup' tent,, and henceforward to the close of the war, the 'pup' tent
became the only protection of our armies from the sun and storm." Lieut. ..."
6. Roving and Fighting: Adventures Under Four Flags by Edward S. O'Reilly (1918)
"That night I was introduced to the "pup" tent. ... The "pup" tent is designed
for economy of space, and that is the only purpose it fulfils. ..."
7. Roving and Fighting: Adventures Under Four Flags by Edward S. O'Reilly (1918)
"That night I was introduced to the "pup" tent. ... The "pup" tent is designed
for economy of space, and that is the only purpose it fulfils. ..."
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