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  • And that was how he ended up in a green-striped wall-tent, not very large, that belonged to a pair of lean Domani brothers who ate fire and swallowed swords.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • Tentage: Two conical wall-tents for enlisted men; one 'A' wall-tent for officer.

    History of the Gatling Gun Detachment John Henry Parker

  • In a month or so the young men had pitched a wall-tent within a day's ride of the Rio Grande, and were seriously occupied in sacrificing each other's feelings on the altar of experimental cookery, in herding sheep with the assistance of paper novels, and in writing exceedingly long letters to the North.

    Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

  • When taps sounded, we turned in beneath two blankets in a wall-tent lighted by a feeble lantern.

    The Great White Tribe in Filipinia 1914

  • The largest wall-tent contained three folding cots for the women, over which, in the daytime, were flung bright-colored Navajo blankets.

    The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1909

  • The largest wall-tent contained three folding cots for the women, over which, in the daytime, were flung bright-colored Navajo blankets.

    The Blazed Trail 1902

  • Lieutenant Hal needed no urging to seek a cot in the wall-tent set apart for the use of the officers.

    Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers 1895

  • Stoneman's wall-tent, and that officer shook the Irishman blind.

    Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War George Alfred Townsend 1877

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