DCHP-2
camboose fire Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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an open fireplace in the living quarters of a lumber camp.
See also: camboose (def. 2) shanty fire
- 1883 [They] became as cool and self-collected in these mazy depths of the forest, as if they stood by their own camboose fire.
- 1961 At night the camboose fire supplied the only light.
- 1883 [They] became as cool and self-collected in these mazy depths of the forest, as if they stood by their own camboose fire.