bunkhouse

noun

bunkhouse

noun

/ˈbʌŋkˌhaʊs/

Etymology From bunk + house.

1

A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting.

  • The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:

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