hutment
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hutment
Example Sentences
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Then the motorcade of vets went to the empty C.W.A.C. hutment at Lansdowne Park, settled another nine families.
From Time Magazine Archive
Assigned by General Eisenhower fortnight ago to help bombed-out Londoners through their housing crisis, they had their first temporary hutment erected by last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are men of caste status in an army hutment, an odd lot indeed.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the General entered the hutment all of the men stood and uncovered and the band stopped abruptly in the middle of a strain.
From The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Hill, Grace Livingston
Long before the hour announced for the service the soldier boys had crowded the hutment to its greatest capacity.
From The War Romance of the Salvation Army by Hill, Grace Livingston
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