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cigarette camp

cigarette camp noun: any of a number of temporary U.S. Army "tent cities" situated principally around the French ports of Le Havre and Marseilles following their captures by Allied Forces in the wake of the Allied D-Day invasion in June 1944 and Operation Dragoon in August 1944. They were named after popular cigarette brands.

Noun

cigarette camp (plural cigarette camps)

  1. (historical) Any of a number of temporary U.S. Army "tent cities" situated principally around the French ports of Le Havre and Marseilles following their captures by Allied Forces in the wake of the Allied D-Day invasion in June 1944 and Operation Dragoon in August 1944. They were named after popular cigarette brands.

Forms of cigarette camp

pluralcigarette camps

Questions about cigarette camp

What does cigarette camp mean?
Cigarette camp means any of a number of temporary U.S. Army "tent cities" situated principally around the French ports of Le Havre and Marseilles following their captures by Allied Forces in the wake of the Allied D-Day invasion in June 1944 and Operation Dragoon in August 1944. They were named after popular cigarette brands.
What part of speech is cigarette camp?
Cigarette camp is a noun.
What is the plural of cigarette camp?
The plural of cigarette camp is cigarette camps.

Words near cigarette camp in the dictionary

  1. cigarette beetles
  2. cigarette boat
  3. cigarette boats
  4. cigarette burn
  5. cigarette burns
  6. cigarette camp
  7. cigarette camps
  8. cigarette card
  9. cigarette cards
  10. cigarette case
  11. cigarette cases

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