striking camp
Example Sentences
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Recently it put up temporary fencing around parts of the library to prevent people from striking camp there.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2017
For an hour after striking camp the little professor did not build a fire, but sat looking up the shore of the lake through his hunting glass.
From Kazan by James Oliver Curwood
Seeing some men striking camp near by we asked them.
From A Woman who went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan
"Well, he's gone," grinned Stacy, turning to his companions, who were busy striking camp.
From The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail by Frank Gee Patchin
We then pushed on to the west, striking camp on the West Fork of the North Platte, where we stayed two nights.
From Bill's School and Mine A Collection of Essays on Education by William Suddards Franklin
