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dog tents

dog tents is the plural of dog tent.

Meaning of dog tent

Noun

dog tent (plural dog tents)

  1. (historical, slang) A small shelter tent, especially a tent composed of two shelter-halves.
    • The men now had their rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition, one blanket, one shelter-half (one-half a dog tent), one rubber poncho, one coffee-tin, one knife, fork, and spoon, one tin cooking-pan and cover, one canteen and haversack containing three day’s provisions1898, T.P. Conneff, “Campaigning with the 12th U.S. Infantry”, in The Holy Cross Purple, volume 7, page 72

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What is dog tents the plural of?
Dog tents is the plural of dog tent.

Words near dog tents in the dictionary

  1. dog taxes
  2. dog team
  3. dog teams
  4. dog teeth
  5. dog tent
  6. dog tents
  7. dog that caught the car
  8. dog tired
  9. dog tooth
  10. dog tooths
  11. dog town

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