slum gun

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Etymology[edit]

slum (“slumgullion”) +‎ gun

Noun[edit]

slum gun (plural slum guns)

  1. (military, slang) A field kitchen. [since 1917]

References[edit]

  • Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang‎[1], 2010, page 287
  • Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[2], volume 47, number 1/2, page 103

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