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ram pasture
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
the sleeping quarters of a gang or crew of men, as an open bunkhouse.
Quotations
1912
Instead of Jesse's whistling, Mick's barking, the altercations in the new ram-pasture where our cowboys live . . . our yard was filled with the exact opposite.
1925
One large "ram pasture" for the men to sleep in, full of bedbugs.
2 — Fur Trade, Hist.
the quarters of unmarried clerks at certain Hudson's Bay Company trading posts.
See: bachelors' hall
Quotations
1921
. . . I was sitting in the bachelors' hall, commonly known as the Ram Pasture... .