boondocking

boondocking
 n.— «The trust territories administration is ordering officials to live as if in a desert island economy. “Booondocking”—raiding of available supplies from wherever they can be held—has official blessing.» —“Bungling By U.S. Found In Trust Isles Of Pacific” by Quentin Pope in Guam, Mariana Islands Chicago Daily Tribune Dec. 29, 1951. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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