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a portable pavilion or lodge, consisting of some flexible material, such as skins, matting, canvas, or other strong textile fabric, stretched over and supwandering tribes tents have been the ordinary dwelling places from the earli- est times, but among civilized nations they are principally used as temporary wandering tribes tents have been the ordinary dwelling places from the earliest times, but among civilized nations they are principally used as temporary lodgings for soldiers when engaged in

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