dugout

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In the dugout was a little operating room where the wounded were bandaged before starting them down the hill in the ambulance to the hospital, and three doctors and half a dozen stretcher bearers were standing inside out of the misty rain As we had been climbing the hill in the ambulance, the roar of the big guns grew louder and louder.

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  1. noun A boat or canoe made of a hollowed-out log.
  2. noun A pit dug into the ground or on a hillside and used as a shelter.
  3. noun Baseball Either of two usually sunken shelters at the side of a field where the players stay while not on the field.

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  • At some point, it is possible that three or four extra players in the dugout will be allowed to be brought on as substitute fielders - as and when the coach decides. —  Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
  • Well you were by the dugout which is where i was too. —  Wright Now
  • "We're trying to get block for the dugout or maybe fence it in." —  The Independent Home RSS
  • When he walked to the dugout, the size-large Red Sox fan base seated mostly on the third base side gave him a standing ovation. —  Texas Rangers
  • In the opposing dugout, the Sun Devils are coming off two wins against UNLV, whom they jacked 15 total home runs against, including 10 in one game, which tied an NCAA record. —  Arizona Daily Wildcat
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