different between yamboo vs tamboo

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yamboo (plural yamboos)

(historical) A small gold or silver ingot formerly used as currency in some parts of China.

From Persian, Hindi.

tamboo (plural tamboos)

(military slang, now historical) A temporary shelter used by soldiers during the First World War.
- 1995, Pat Barker, The Ghost Road, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 804:
  We live in tamboos – a sort of cross between a cowshed and an outdoor privy.
- 1918, Wilfred Owen, Letter to his mother, Susan Owen (31st October, 1918)
  My servant & I ate the chocolate in the cold middle of last night, crouched under a draughty Tamboo, roofed with planks.

tamboo (not comparable)

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