cigarette camp

noun

Any of a number of temporary U.S. Army "tent cities" situated principally around the French ports of Le Havre and Marseilles following their captures by Allied Forces in the wake of the Allied D-Day invasion in June 1944 and Operation Dragoon in August 1944. They were named after popular cigarette brands.

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Meanings

nouncigarette camp (plural cigarette camps)

plural cigarette camps

  1. historicalAny of a number of temporary U.S. Army "tent cities" situated principally around the French ports of Le Havre and Marseilles following their captures by Allied Forces in the wake of the Allied D-Day invasion in June 1944 and Operation Dragoon in August 1944. They were named after popular cigarette brands.
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APA

cigarette camp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20camp

MLA

“cigarette camp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20camp. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cigarette camp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20camp.

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