happy camper

noun

Updated on: 25 Apr 2018

Definition of happy camper

: one who is content

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Examples of happy camper in a Sentence

I was one happy camper when I heard the news.

Recent Examples of happy camper from the Web

Parents also can keep up with their kids on the camp’s Facebook page, where photographs of happy campers — in sailboats and canoes, navigating a high ropes course, or traversing a zip line — are among the images posted daily.

— hattie bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, "No phones at summer camp? No problem," 13 Apr. 2018
Some of the happiest campers are our regions passionate cross-country skiers.

— john hopewell, Washington Post, "It’s a powder day at the high-country ski areas in the Mid-Atlantic," 9 Mar. 2018
But Benzinger missed a three-pointer with 1 second left and the Panthers were happy to head back to Milwaukee as happy campers.

— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "UWM 74, Wright State 73: Surviving late meltdown," 10 Feb. 2018
Everyone's a happy camper at this summer-fun retreat — complete with tents, campfires and a mess hall — on Washington's Puget Sound.

— kathleen renda, House Beautiful, "Nature-Lovers Will Obsess Over This Washington Cottage With Zero Bedrooms," 10 July 2017
Traveling with a friend good at snuggling can make most of us happier campers.

— judi dash, Philly.com, "Travel Gadget Guru, by Judi Dash: Creature comforts," 17 Jan. 2018
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson is not a happy camper at the moment.

— SI.com, "REVEALED: Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson's Calls for Police Investigation in Angry Ross Barkley Letter," 9 Jan. 2018
That may be so, but Yusupov is a happy camper as of Thursday.

— thomas heath, chicagotribune.com, "How to get rich off bitcoin — or lose it all while trying," 9 Dec. 2017
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was quite the happy camper following his team's 5-0 demolition of Crystal Palace on Saturday.

— SI.com, "Pep Guardiola Raves About His Potent Strike Force After Man City Smash Crystal Palace 5-0," 24 Sep. 2017

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