Meaning of Dugout | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.
2. A pit dug into the ground as a shelter, especially from enemy fire.
3. A sunken shelter at the side of a sports field where non-playing team members and staff sit during a game.
4. A small portable case for equipment used to smoke marijuana.
   slang
5. A pit used to catch and store rainwater or runoff.
   Canadian-Prairies

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“The other explained that it had come⟳ with a fleet of canoes in charge of an English half-caste clerk Kurtz had with him; that Kurtz had apparently intended to return⟳ himself, the station being by that time bare of goods and stores, but after coming three hundred miles, had suddenly decided to go back, which he started to do alone in a small dug-out with four paddlers, leaving the half-caste to continue⟳ down the river with the ivory.”

“The key unit of life here is the dugout – what the soldiers call⟳ a ‘blindage’ – an underground burrow where half a dozen men share⟳ the narrow space between the bunks with weapons, ammunition, biscuits, tea bags, and a jumble of other essentials (there is also usually a cat, not to mention⟳ the mice).”

“Spurs, who were without boss Harry Redknapp after his heart surgery, failed to create⟳ a clear-cut chance. Redknapp is expected to be back in the dugout when Spurs play⟳ Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday but it was left to his assistant Kevin Bond to take⟳ a young team to Russia looking for the win⟳ that would put⟳ them through to the last⟳ 32.”

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