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break camp

[break camp] {v. phr.} To take down and pack tents and camping things; take your things from a camping place. * /The scouts broke camp at dawn./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

high camp

[high camp] {n.}, {slang}, {show business} 1. Kitsch, or pretentious material in bad taste that is still liked by higher class audiences. * /"The Potsdam Quartet" is a play full […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

camp follower

[camp follower] {n.} 1. A man or woman who goes with an army, not to fight but to sell something. * /Nowadays camp followers are not allowed as they were […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

camp out

[camp out] {v.} To live, cook, and sleep out of doors (as in a tent). * /We camped out near the river for a week./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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