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Tent it

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: 1856, OED Evaluation: N/A

To abide or live in a tent; to encamp; spec. of travelling circus folk. Also to tent it

ExampleMeaning
Not all the same time. Like one year we camped East and one we went West, yeah. Um (inc) a girlfriend and I, and we had a Pinto- she had a Pinto. And we tented. And we have tented down to Yellowstone- Park and we 've tented from- over to far as we can go West, and we 've tented to Prince- Edward-Island.
Camp using a tent.
Speaker: Rachel Patry, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 63, Interview: 2004, Toronto
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During the summer? Went camping all the time. Family camping. We had a- we went- we tented. We had to use tents for a while and that was in Deer-River
Camp using a tent.
Speaker: Todd Bowers, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 19, Interview: 2007, Belleville
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