camp, n.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

camp n.¹

(Aus./Irish) a short rest, a lie-down; thus have a camp, go to camp, to take a rest.

1846		Kerry Examiner 8 May 4/5: Jaded and worn out, she at length sort repose in a pipe and a ‘camp’.
1887		‘Aus. Colloquialisms’ in All Year Round 30 July 66/2: ‘To go to camp’ [...] now signifies in the mouth of a dweller in houses, simply ‘to lie down’, ‘to go to bed’ .

camp candlestick (n.) [the use of such an empty bottle as a candlestick in army camps etc]

an empty bottle.

1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn).
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.

camp dog (n.)

(US tramp) one who runs errands and does small jobs for his fellow tramps.

1927		‘Jargon of the Und.’ in DN V 441: Camp-dog, The hobo at construction camps who takes care of the bunks and belongings of the hoboes at work.
1949		Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).

camp meat (n.) [i.e. meat obtained by those in a camp, rather than on a farm]

(US) deer that has been illegally shot by poachers.

1950		WELS.
1965–70		in DARE.

camp strawberries (n.)

(US tramp) beans, a staple of tramp meals.

1949

Monteleone Criminal Sl. (rev. edn).