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Assuming the word intended is "Quonset" as in Quonset hut -

"1942, from Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island, where this type of structure was first built, 1941. The place name is from a southern New England Algonquian language and perhaps means "small, long place.""

- from www.etymonline.com

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