Marquee
[mɑː'kiː] or [mɑr'ki]
Definition
(n.) A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.
Editor: Thea
Definition
n. a large field-tent.
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Examples
- It was this marquee that Mr. Bambridge was bent on buying, and he appeared to like looking inside it frequently, as a foretaste of its possession. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The wickets were pitched, and so were a couple of marquees for the rest and refreshment of the contending parties. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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