antedating boondock (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

OED has 1944 for "boondock"/"boondocks" as a noun.  No entry for verb.


_Augusta [GA] Chronicle_, 2/7/1941 p 3 col 2
"Several months there will be spent on the rifle range and devoted to
"boondocking".  These important phases are not possible here.
"Boondocking" is the fashion in which Marines fight in rough country.
Ordinarily not a popular pastitme, "boondocking" at present would be a
welcome relief to the well-grooved program followed here."

_Cleveland [OH] Plain Dealer_ 4/12/1943 p 11 col 1 [advert for Camel
cigarettes]
"In the Marines they say:
"Walkie-Talkie" ... for signalman with portable 2-way radio set
"Boondocks" ... for wild country -- outposts" "




Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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