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单词 foxhole circuit
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foxhole circuit
foxhole circuit n. originally U.S. (originally, with reference to theatrical shows staged for American troops by the United Service Organization during the Second World War (1939–45)) the circuit of shows going as close as possible to the front lines, as opposed to performances at military bases or hospitals; (later more generally) theatrical shows staged to entertain troops in a war zone.
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festival circuit1899
small time1910
foxhole circuit1943
1943 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 30 July 4/2 She feels she is only marking time while filling two picture assignments..until she can go out on another tour of the foxhole circuit.
1944 Newsweek 31 July 60 The performers who were selected to make up the first entertainment..wave, as part of USO-Camp Show's ‘Foxhole Circuit’.
2011 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Oct. 6 In the years after 9/11, with our armies mired in unpopular wars, it was harder to find stars to volunteer for the ‘foxhole circuit’.
2012 V. Gomez & L. Goldstone Lefty 372 With the outbreak of the Korean War, Sunny and Frank Conville worked the foxhole circuit again.
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