单词 | canvas town |
释义 | > as lemmascanvas town canvas town n. a settlement composed primarily of tents; a camp; cf. tent city n. at tent n.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1763 J. Hoole tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered II. xvii. 178 To these succeed the wand'ring Arab train, Who shift their canvas towns from plain to plain. 1862 J. A. Patterson Gold Fields Victoria 195 Though long a ‘canvas town’, Maryborough has made considerable strides. 1995 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 19 Dec. 19 They erect the temporary canvas towns which become home for the holidays. < as lemmas |
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