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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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 Oliver Optic
To Neb's great delight, he was sent forward to take his share on the yards and in the rigging, there being no vacancy for him to fill about the camboose, or in the cabin.
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
Crouching under the lee of the camboose, the young skipper found Bessie, Mrs. Vincent, and the two children, while the crew were clinging to the rigging of the bowsprit to prevent being washed overboard.
From Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World by Oliver Optic
Much of his beloved craft had already disappeared in the camboose, and more was likely to follow.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by James Fenimore Cooper
The camboose-house went also, at the last of these terrific seas; and nothing saved the camboose itself, but its great weight, added to the strength of its fastenings.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper
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