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==Etymology==
The word ''bunker'' originates as a [[Scots language|Scots]] word for "bench, seat" recorded 1758, alongside shortened ''[[:wikt:bunk|bunk]]'' "sleeping berth".<ref name="etymonline.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=bunker |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=2016-11-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116102909/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=bunker |archive-date=16 November 2016}} Online Etymology Dictionary</ref> The word possibly has a [[Scandinavia]]n origin: [[Old Swedish]] ''bunke'' means "boards used to protect the cargo of a ship".<ref>{{Cite
In the 19th century the word came to describe a [[Coal bunker|coal store]] in a house, or below decks in a ship. It was also used for a [[Bunker (golf)|sand-filled depression]] installed on a golf course as a hazard.<ref>[http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/24799?rskey=zCCghZ&result=1&isAdvanced=false#eid ''Bunker''] at [[Oxford English Dictionary]]; retrieved 9 August 2018</ref>
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