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pup tent

pup tent

noun

  1. another name for shelter tent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pup tent1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Example Sentences

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And the sprawling grass fields that were recently home to dozens of tailgate parties now hold hundreds of tiny pup tents.

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Last Friday afternoon saw several people camped out — including professional line sitters with pup tents — for a chance to see the tail end of the historic proceedings up close and personal.

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They included professional line sitters with pup tents — and Richard Partington, 43, of East Hampton, New York, sitting on the hard pavement with a sleeping bag, pillow and blanket plus a journal to write in.

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Overwhelmed by the number of ailing birds, the wildlife center has been erecting pup tents to use as pens, she said.

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This time the tents — larger than pup tents but not tall enough to stand in — were secured on wooden platforms to raise them above the asphalt.

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