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dugout

[ duhg-out ]

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noun

a boat made by hollowing out a log.
Baseball. a roofed structure enclosed on three sides and with the fourth side open and facing the playing field, usually with the floor below ground level, where the players sit when not on the field.
a rough shelter or dwelling formed by an excavation in the ground, in the face of a bank, in the side of a hill, etc., especially one used by soldiers.

dugout

/ ˈdʌɡˌaʊt /

a canoe made by hollowing out a log
military a covered excavation dug to provide shelter
slang.
a retired officer, former civil servant, etc, recalled to employment
(at a sports ground) the covered bench where managers, trainers, etc sit and players wait when not on the field
(in the Canadian prairies) a reservoir dug on a farm in which water from rain and snow is collected for use in irrigation, watering livestock, etc

Origin of dugout¹

1715–25, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase dug out

When he gets back to the dugout he'll tell us why before we can ask.

During the season, he regularly takes a dugout seat where he can work on his tan.

The dugout was covered with semi-circular sheets of corrugated iron, forming a vaulted roof.

One afternoon, with [Babe] Dahlgren near him in the dugout, a photographer asked Lou if he could take a photo of the two of them.

He sported hair curlers in the dugout, took handfuls of amphetamines before games, and pitched a no-hitter on LSD.

I jumped on to it—had to—then jumped off it nippier still and, turning to the right, began to walk towards Birdie's dugout.

As the old Turks kept plugging it in fairly hot, I sat quiet in Birdwood's dugout for a quarter of an hour.

I went into the dugout indescribably slack; hardly energy to struggle against the heat and the myriads of flies.

At last, rather tired by my long day, made my way back, stopping at Birdie's dugout en route.

Deedes also met me and the whole band of us made our way inland to my battle dugout.

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