slum gun

English

Alternative forms

• slum-gun

Etymology

From slum (“slumgullion”) +‎ gun.

Noun

slum gun (plural slum guns)

1. (military, slang) A field kitchen. [since 1917]

References

• Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang‎^[1], 2010, page 287
• Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎^[2], volume 47, number 1/2, page 103

Anagrams

• mlungus