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DUG-OUT

\dˈʌɡˈa͡ʊt], \dˈʌɡˈa‍ʊt], \d_ˈʌ_ɡ_ˈaʊ_t]\

Definitions of DUG-OUT

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1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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A canoe hollowed out from a log; a rough kind of shelter dug in the side of a hill or bank; in the World War, a shelter dug in the back wall of a trench, where front line troops may rest.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Canoe made by hollowing treetrunk; rough dwelling, excavation in bank roofed with canvas or turf.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

A canoe made of a hollowed tree.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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