camboose
Britishnoun
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a cabin built as living quarters for a gang of lumbermen
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an open fireplace in such a cabin
Etymology
Origin of camboose
C19: from Canadian French, from French cambuse hut, store, from Dutch kambuis
Example Sentences
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Stimson was the individual who was put forward at the camboose, others holding the lamps, canvass saturated with oil, and some prepared paper.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
The camboose had been filled with wood, and it was evident that many efforts had been made to produce a blaze, by those who had put it there.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
There was no cabin, poop, camboose, or other house on deck, and the eye had a clean range over the whole length of her.
From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver
When these duties were performed, a bustle was seen about the camboose, or large cooking stove, in which the meals were prepared.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
Much of that brought from home had been fairly used in the camboose, and in the stove originally set up in the hut.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
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