umbrella tent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of umbrella tent
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The President's car skirted a crowd of 12,000, pulled up behind a huge green-and-white-striped umbrella tent and a blue-draped speakers' platform.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Parker unloaded the car and went to work with a will hammering the metal stakes of the umbrella tent.
From Voice from the Cave by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
However, the government man was all smiles as he pulled up not far from the umbrella tent.
From Voice from the Cave by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
My aunt and Gwendolen disappeared in an unaccountable manner with another man, leaving me under an umbrella tent to take charge of Dora.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John
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