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Meaning of pup tent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A shelter tent.
  2. A shelter half, one of two halves comprising a shelter tent or dog tent.
    US, historical

Examples

“Colonel Elbridge Colby in Army Talk⟳ tells us that the shelter-half, or “pup tent” made its debut during the Civil War. It seems to have⟳ been first christened “pup tent” by the Sixth Iowa Infantry at Memphis in 1862 and appears to stem etymologically from the same soldierly self-ridicule that resulted in such terms as “dogface” and “dog tags.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Pupa pupacide pupadom Pupae pupahood Pupal

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