mess kit

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noun

a portable set of usually metal cooking and eating utensils, used especially by soldiers and campers.

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Also called mess gear.

Origin of mess kit

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby mess kit

messieurs, messily, Messina, Messines, mess jacket, mess kit, messman, messmate, messroom, Messrs., messuage

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How to use mess kit in a sentence

Texas has always had a sense of place—that is why we are told not to mess with it.
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It was being the riskiest studio in Hollywood that got Sony into this mess in the first place.
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In fact, that candy store is heavy industry, with all the mess that entails.
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There was The Brittany Murphy Story, dubbed a “colossal mess” by reviewers.
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“The idea was to mess with the concept of Christmas,” recalled John Law, an original Cacophony member.
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If Wee Willie Winkie took an interest in anyone, the fortunate man was envied alike by the mess and the rank and file.
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And yet they tell me he was a pleasant enough fellow in the Mess, this Brigadier, and liked good cooking.
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Coming back along the well-beaten sandy track, my heart sank to see our mess tent still lit up at midnight.
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Coming back found mess tent brilliantly lit up and my staff entertaining their friends.
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I shall make an unholy mess of things if I'm left alone, and if you like I'll keep you on here.
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British Dictionary definitions for mess kit

mess kit

noun military

British formal evening wear for officers

Also called: mess gear eating utensils used esp in the field

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