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tent

(n): a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
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8 months ago chained_bear said:

A kind of alcoholic drink (wine?).
Usages:
"'...Tent to begin with, and then the port with the yellow seal.'"

"'So this is tent,' said Martin, holding his purple glass up to the light. 'It is not unlike our altar-wine at home, but rounder, fuller, more...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 89 and 94 (respectively)

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