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dugout

On-Yomi: コウ

Koohii stories:

1) [n1williams] 16-12-2009(33): A DUGOUT is a dry moat found around Japanese castles. The SOIL is arranged so as to OVERPOWER (or give the advantage to OVERPOWER) an attacking army. If dug in a low lying area it fills with water and becomes a moat ( 濠 moat (#2306 濠)).

2) [CharleyGarrett] 15-4-2008(14): As they constructed the visiting team dugout, they removed a quantity of soil when there was an overpowering stench. Nobody will want to use this dugout!

3) [sgrant] 18-5-2009(10): Too scared to go up to bat, one of the players soils himself in the dugout. The smell is so overpowering, the other players have to step out for air.

4) [cameron_en] 7-11-2008(10): We needed to create a dugout in the soil in order to avoid the overpowering attacks coming from the sky.

5) [icamonkey] 8-8-2009(5): Hiding in a dugout, below the soil is the once overpowering Sadam Hussein.

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