Bunkroom
temporary sleeping quarters, especially for travelers.
Historical Examples
The Yazoo Mystery Irving Craddock
The Long Dim Trail Forrestine C. Hooker
The Stoker and the Stars Algirdas Jonas Budrys (AKA John A. Sentry)
The Scarlet Lake Mystery Harold Leland Goodwin
The Stoker and the Stars Algirdas Jonas Budrys (AKA John A. Sentry)
The Motor Boys in the Clouds Clarence Young
Read Also:
- Bunker
a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box: a coal bunker. a fortification set mostly below the surface of the ground with overhead protection provided by logs and earth or by concrete and fitted with openings through which guns may be fired. Golf. any obstacle, as a sand trap or mound of dirt, […]
- Bunker-buster
a laser-guided bomb designed to penetrate deep underground, as into rock or concrete, before detonating. noun Word Origin
- Bunker-hill
a hill in Charlestown, Mass.: the first major battle of the American Revolution, known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, was fought on adjoining Breed’s Hill on June 17, 1775. Historical Examples The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 5, November 1843 Various The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table Oliver […]
- Bunker-hill--battle-of
bunker hill, battle of Note: The Battle of Bunker Hill was an encouragement to the colonies; it proved that American forces, with sufficient supplies, could inflict heavy losses on the British. Note: An American officer, William Prescott, is said to have ordered during the battle, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
- Siege-mentality
a state of mind whereby one believes that one is being constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated. noun a state of mind in which a person believes that he or she is being constantly oppressed or attacked noun