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boot camp

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boot camp

–noun U.S. Navy, Marines.
a camp for training recruits.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism
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boot camp  
n.  
  1. A training camp for military recruits.

  2. A correctional facility that uses the training techniques applied to military recruits to teach usually youthful offenders socially acceptable patterns of behavior.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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