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cantonment

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cantonment Military esp formerly
History a permanent military camp in British India


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Rarely could the inmates of the cantonment boast of having made a full meal, and never of having wherewithal for the morrow.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
Her Ladyship, our old acquaintance, is as much at home at Madras as at Brussels in the cantonment as under the tents.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
And as each man reported himself, he said: "This is a bad business," and went about his own forthwith, for every Regiment and Battery in the cantonment was under canvas, the sickness bearing them company.
Only A Subaltern by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
 
 
 
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