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cookhouse

[kook-hous] / ˈkʊkˌhaʊs /
NOUN
chuck wagon
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With its faded red-shingle siding, the Samoa Cookhouse, which opened in 1893, is the last surviving lumberjack camp-style cookhouse in the Western U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2022

A video of a captured Russian army cookhouse gives an unappetising glimpse of the meals served to troops.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2022

An 11-mile drive up a scenic valley brings you to the Ashcroft Adventure Lodge, from where you snowshoe, cross-country ski or take a horse-drawn sleigh the final 1.3 miles to the cookhouse.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2018

Etcheverry and his 18 or so employees met for lunch in a dining room at the ranch’s cookhouse.

From Washington Times • May 7, 2016

The workmen from the main train climb down from the sleeper cars, light cigarettes, and trek across the lot toward the cookhouse.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen