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boot camp

noun

U.S. Navy, Marines.
  1. a camp for training recruits.


boot camp

noun

  1. slang.
    a basic training camp for new recruits to the US Navy or Marine Corps
  2. a centre for juvenile offenders, with a strict disciplinary regime, hard physical exercise, and community labour programmes
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of boot camp1

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45
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