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♦ camp (1) /kæmp/n.1 campo; accampamento; attendamento; campeggio (tur.); camping (tur.): military camp, accampamento militare; refugee camp, campo profughi; (GB) holiday camp, villaggio turistico; labour camp, campo di lavoro (coatto); to make camp, accamparsi; to strike camp, levare il campo; levare le tende; to pitch camp, montare il campo; piantare le tende; accamparsi; Let's go back to camp, torniamo all'accampamento; death camp, campo di sterminio; detention camp, campo d'internamento; nudist camp, campo di nudisti2 campo; partito; parte: the anti-war camp, il campo dei contrari alla guerra; Which camp is he in?, da che parte sta?; to go over to the other camp, cambiare campo; passare nell'altro campo● camp bed, letto da campo; brandina □ camp fever, febbre tifoide □ camp fire ► campfire □ camp follower, civile al seguito dell'esercito; ( anche) vivandiera, (spreg.) prostituta; (fig.) simpatizzante, sostenitore □ ( USA) camp meeting, raduno religioso all'aperto □ camp site ► campsite □ camp stool, seggiolino pieghevole □ camp stove, fornello da campo □ summer camp, campeggio estivo ( per ragazzi); colonia estiva.camp (2) /kæmp/A n. [u]1 (teatr., cinem.) recitazione caricata; teatralità esagerata; gigionismo; kitsch voluto2 effeminatezza esagerata o ostentata; mossette (pl.)B a.1 (cinem., teatr.) volutamente caricato; teatrale; da gigione; volutamente kitsch2 affettato; lezioso4 di, da, per gay● (scherz. fam.) as camp as a row of pink tents, vistosamente o ostentatamente gay.(to) camp (1) /kæmp/A v. i.1 accamparsi; attendarsi2 (tur.) fare campeggio; campeggiare3 (fig.) installarsi in permanenzaB v. t.● to go camping, andare in campeggio; fare del campeggio.(to) camp (2) /kæmp/v. i. – to camp it up1 (cinem., teatr.) recitare calcando le tinte; dare un'interpretazione effeminata di un personaggio2 comportarsi in modo esageratamente o ostentatamente effeminato; fare la checca (pop.).
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camp as a row of tents — Phrs. See camp as a row of pink tents (above) … English slang and colloquialisms
camp as a row of pink tents — Phrs. Very camp (see above), or gay. E.g. He was a camp as a row of pink tents and wouldn t have been out of place in a Mr Gay UK competition. Cf. camp as a row of tents … English slang and colloquialisms
As camp as a row of tents — homosexual … Dictionary of Australian slang
as camp as a row of tents — Australian Slang homosexual … English dialects glossary
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As camp as a row of pink tents — (of a male) homosexual … Dictionary of Australian slang
as camp as a row of pink tents — Australian Slang (of a male) homosexual … English dialects glossary
bent as a nine bob note — Phrs. 1. Homosexual. See bent . 2. Crooked, dishonest. A catch phrase whose original meaning was version 2, but with the onset of bent referring to homosexually has come to be heard more with regard to version 1. In British currency, a bob was a… … English slang and colloquialisms
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