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Nissen huts
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Nissen huts
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A prefabricated shelter with the shape of a long. slightly flattened cylinder, usually built of steel sheet, especially for use by soldiers. Named after the inventor Colonel PN Nissen, a British mining engineer (1871-1930)
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UF
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quonset huts
Broader Terms
BT
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huts
Date of creation
09-May-2009
Accepted term
09-May-2009
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ARK
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