bunkhouse
Americannoun
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bunkhouses
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Origin of bunkhouse
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Teams pay roughly $25,000 for a week’s stay, with the players lodging together in a bunkhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
To provide water for both structures, Hale designed the roof of the bunkhouse with gutters that collect rainwater, which is pumped into cisterns and filtered for use.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
When asked about the poster hanging in the bunkhouse, she joked, “I was like, 19 in that picture!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Described as needing "the right buyer with a vision", its future is likely to be as a commercial property, such as a bunkhouse or a coffee shack.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2023
In her confusion, she had stumbled barefoot out of the bunkhouse.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Robert always walks the route south to north, over five days, spending one night camping and the rest in B&Bs and bunkhouses.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
Until then, bunkhouses, campsites and glamping tents will soon be joined by tiny houses, which are being funded through low-interest shareholder loans.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
But a unique — and coveted — stay can be found at Ross Lake Resort, where visitors must ferry or hike to the floating cabins and bunkhouses.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
A dozen mustard-colored bunkhouses ringed a patchy sloping lawn.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2019
It was a low, broad verandahed house, covering a good deal of ground, with cookhouses and other outbuildings in the rear, and a big corral for the stock, and bunkhouses for the men.
From Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys by Alice B. Emerson
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