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fat camp

noun

a residential camp at which children undergo a programme of exercise, diet change, etc, intended to help them lose weight

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Nearby words

fastness, fastuous, fastuously, fat, fat body, fat camp, fat cat, fat cell, fat chance, fat city, fat depot
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