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ram pasture Slang 
1 the sleeping quarters of a gang or crew of men, as an open bunkhouse.
- 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 also: bachelors' hall
- 1921 . . . I was sitting in the bachelors' hall, commonly known as the Ram Pasture... .
- 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.