mess gear
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mess gear
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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I suddenly remembered something that I wanted done about the men's mess gear, and returned along the companion way.
From Project Gutenberg
"Did you ever read The Forty Days of Musa Dagh?" asked one officer reflectively as he sorted out his mess gear at breakfast table.
From Time Magazine Archive
One gallon a day has to suffice each man for drinking, cooking, cleaning his mess gear, washing himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Have all boats in by "Mess gear" unless special permission is given.
From Project Gutenberg
Nor was it any the better below, the groaning of the timbers there, as of a lost soul crying out in its last agony, with the rattling of crockery and other mess gear, adding to the tumult without, made a perfect pandemonium of the gunroom.
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