[Ads-l] bunker

[Wilson Gray]

> pretty much what it does mean today.

To say the least! A bunker can't be constructed with an entrenching tool,
but a simple trench can be.

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Here's a surprising misapprehension by a bestselling author of nonfiction:
>
> 2007 Diane Ackerman _The Zookeeper's Wife_ (NY: Norton) 118: In wartime
> Poland, the word _bunker_ didn't conjure up the simple trench it might
> today, but a damp underground shelter, with shafts and air vents [etc.].
>
> In other words, pretty much what it does mean today.
>
> JL
>
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