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☆ boot camp

a station where Navy or Marine recruits receive basic training

Etymology: orig., bootneck, a Marine, in reference to the leather collar of the uniform; later contr. in use for a Marine recruit, then for a trainee more generally

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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