dugout
n.— «Coaches swapped riders from a beach tent “dugout.” Normally chill Florida surfers talked trash with Southern California rivals during lulls in the action. » —“Surfers allowed to participate in X Games for the first time” in Huntington Beach, Calif. The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California) Aug. 10, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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