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kamik

American

[kah-mik] / ˈkɑ mɪk /

noun

Canadian chiefly Eastern Arctic.

a mukluk made of sealskin.

kamik British

/ ˈkɑːmɪk /

noun

a traditional Inuit boot made of caribou hide or sealskin

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Etymology

Origin of kamik

Borrowed into English from Inuit around 1860–65

Example Sentences

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Kamik’s two factories are in the Littleton Industrial Park, a strip of factories and businesses a few minutes drive from downtown across from the Ammonoosuc River.

From Washington Times

The boots, called kamik, are of sealskin, bleached to a spotless cream color.

From Project Gutenberg

Perforce, he was compelled to thaw it out in the usual way; that is, taking off his kamik and placing his freezing foot under my bearskin shirt, the heat of my body thawing out the frozen member.

From Project Gutenberg

She always carried the case in her kamik, so it would not be lost.

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