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Meanings of dugout in English

Portuguese
piroga
Catalan
piragua
Spanish
piragua
Wikidata

A canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log.

piroga
Russian
землянка
Spanish
arquitectura excavada
Wikidata

Shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground.

землянка
Catalan
bunquer
Spanish
búnker

A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground.

bunquer
Usage of dugout in English
1
Nesis had been carried back in one dugout, Ambrose in the other.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
2
I went with him and found the dugout, which was very good.
A Farewell to Arms
3
Three trips up and down the hill conveyed it to the dugout.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
4
The sergeant and I rushed into the ruins of our machine-gun dugout.
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
5
With a wild yell it burst the door of the dugout open.
The Way of the Wind
6
Run.' From one end of the dugout to the other he yells.
The Yankee Years
7
Reaching the edge of the water, he ordered him into the dugout.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
8
Weak from terror, Rokoff sank shuddering into the bottom of the dugout.
The Beasts of Tarzan
9
Then I knew that the occupants of the dugout were white men.
The Great Salt Lake Trail
10
The two Baxters-Jakeand Joel-werecoming in their dugout to do it.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
11
The Salvation Army dugout was never without its share of the spoils.
The War Romance of the Salvation Army
12
A soldier came stooping into the opaque square of the dugout door.
The Desert of Wheat
13
The sail-boat was an advance on the rude dugout propelled by paddles.
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals / In Two Volumes, V...
14
Dortmund's goal infuriated Leverkusen and Schmidt was ordered to leave the dugout.
The Guardian
15
When the prisoners were aboard, Ja brought the felucca alongside our dugout.
Pellucidar
16
When we returned to the dugout, Caleb's room had not been touched.
Eve
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Translations for dugout
Portuguese
piroga
Dugout through the time
Dugout across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common