tamboo
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Noun edit
tamboo (plural tamboos)
- (military slang, now historical) A temporary shelter used by soldiers during the First World War.
- 1995, Pat Barker, The Ghost Road (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 804:
- We live in tamboos – a sort of cross between a cowshed and an outdoor privy.
- 1918 October 31, Wilfred Owen, Letter to his mother, Susan Owen:
- My servant & I ate the chocolate in the cold middle of last night, crouched under a draughty Tamboo, roofed with planks.
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
tamboo (not comparable)
- Alternative form of taboo (“culturally forbidden”)