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  • My end of the bunk-house received a constant wash of stale bathroom light, which was sometimes comforting and sometimes annoying.

    Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011

  • My end of the bunk-house received a constant wash of stale bathroom light, which was sometimes comforting and sometimes annoying.

    Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011

  • But much had been made of the affair and Adolf, a sensitive lad, had been driven out of the bunk-house, out of his bed where he slept, by the vulgar taunts of his comrades.

    The Road Leads On 2003

  • Adolf had to be carried down to the bunk-house in an empty tool-chest and it took two men to hold him up before Francis was able to walk, but both were dull in the head and thoroughly done out. —

    The Road Leads On 2003

  • “I must locate my driver and have Gabriel assign him a place in the bunk-house.”

    THE VOW Linda Lael Miller 1998

  • He rode to within a quarter mile of the Bar K-except for the bunk-house and stable, a burned-out hulk in the bright sunlight of this early autumn day-and tethered his horse in a copse of cottonwoods that grew around the ranch house spring.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Young Shorty Niles hailed him and made a detour from his planned route to the bunk-house.

    Stands a Calder Man Janet Dailey 1983

  • Young Shorty Niles hailed him and made a detour from his planned route to the bunk-house.

    Stands a Calder Man Janet Dailey 1983

  • Grinning ruefully in the dark I listened to the squeaking bed springs and their sleepy, gossiping giggles as they thumbed over the evening's talk; and as I shifted to find a comfortable spot on the lumpy mattress I began to wonder what life was really like from the inside for the hands who lived in my own bunk-house, back home.

    For Kicks Francis, Dick, 1920- 1965

  • The woman currently cooking for the lads who lived in the bunk-house assured me that she would look after the family when they came back for the long Christmas summer holiday from December to February.

    For Kicks Francis, Dick, 1920- 1965

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