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bunkhouse [ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs] n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (in the US and Canada) a building containing the sleeping quarters of workers on a ranch Translations bunkhouse [ˈbʌŋkhaʊs] N (bunkhouses (pl)) [ˈbʌŋkhaʊzɪz] (US) → casa f de dormitorios(para trabajadores de hacienda) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To witness a snowslide within a short distance of the miner's bunkhouse is no rare occurrence. The crew objected to the appalling conditions, living in cold bunkhouses with poor food, spending the few daylight hours underground, and drilling dry with hand-steel in dusty, freezing conditions. Covarrubias-Lopez came from Carranza, Jalisco, to Bakersfield in 1958 to pick beans and corn but wound up working in the bracero bunkhouse as a handyman. |
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