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shotgun bunk Slang 
a kind of bunk placed in banks at right angles to the wall so that the user must crawl in head first and out feet first (as in charging a muzzle-loading gun).
See also: muzzle-loading bunk
- 1963 Most of them [bunkhouses] had what were called shotgun bunks. Those were on tiers of three high and placed close beside each other. The only way to get in was to crawl in the bottom like going into a tunnel.
- 1963 Most of them [bunkhouses] had what were called shotgun bunks. Those were on tiers of three high and placed close beside each other. The only way to get in was to crawl in the bottom like going into a tunnel.