bunkhouse
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The owners turned one shed into a primary suite, and the other into a bunkhouse for their son.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
By this time, a friend of Mr Currie had raised the alarm - as he had not arrived at a bunkhouse in Knoydart as expected.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
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
Lambert has technically already appeared in the hit neo-western drama “Yellowstone,” on one of the posters pinned up in the cowboys’ bunkhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Chase sat with the Rossis in their kitchen in front of enough food to feed a bunkhouse of roughnecks for a week.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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
The location at the state park retreat center offers solid infrastructure for a weekend of trail running — a lakeside beach and bunkhouses, for starters.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023
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
Meir Frischman, the camp’s director emeritus, who’d started as a “pantry boy” at age thirteen, laughed and told him that Bnos had bought a pair of bunkhouses from Hili.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2019
It roared past the Circle L bunkhouses, leaving behind it a number of Circle L cowboys who had been awakened by the thunderous noise.
From The Trail Horde by Seltzer, Charles Alden
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