pogamoggan

[ pog-uh-mog-uhn ]

noun

1. a club with a knobbed head, used by various American Indian peoples.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pogamoggan¹

First recorded in 1780–90; from Ojibwe pakama·kan, equivalent to unattested Proto-Algonquian pakama·- “hit (someone)” + -kan “instrument for”