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Examples of pup tent in a Sentence
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In a mural behind the lower bunk, visitors can spy Donald Duck’s feet sticking out of a pup tent.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
Reyes, who had returned from her day’s work with unsold strawberries and a disappointing $30 profit, also remained in a pup tent with her three children, ages 2, 3 and 7, resigned to the harshness of the street.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
By then, Cooper was living in a pup tent near Marshall, Michigan, pushing a wheelbarrow from town to town, answering questions for nickels and dimes.
—Michael Jackman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
This time the tents — larger than pup tents but not tall enough to stand in — were secured on wooden platforms to raise them above the asphalt.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
But if roughing it in a pup tent isn’t quite your thing, look into the glamorous yet rustic digs at Paws Up.
—Juliet Izon, Glamour, 26 Jan. 2023
Botanist Maria Jesus has made a career out of trying to protect wild places where rare plants are making their last stand, and field work can mean bivouacking alone in a pup tent.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2022
Anybody stopping by Shirk’s blue pup tent will get a story that, but for the fates, could befall any parent.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2022
Voyager, with a cockpit the size of a pup tent and the wingspan of a Boeing 727, was a virtual flying fuel tank that weighed over 11,000 pounds at takeoff and less than 2,300 pounds at landing.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2021
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First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined above
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“Pup tent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pup%20tent. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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