Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A place for keeping small supplies or a reserve stock; especially, the chest in a lumber-camp containing clothing, shoes, tobacco, etc., which are sold to the men.

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Examples

  • "No. The old man took the stranger into the wangun camp, where it was private, and they talked.

    The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900

  • "Oh, well, at last we heard the old man howlin 'and yowlin' in the wangun camp and then he comes a-pushing the tall stranger out with such awful language as you know he can.

    The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900

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