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kinnikinnick
[ kin-i-kuh-nik ]
noun
- a mixture of bark, dried leaves, and sometimes tobacco, formerly smoked by the Indians and pioneers in the Ohio valley.
- any of various plants used in this mixture, especially the common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, of the heath family.
kinnikinnick
/ ˌkɪnɪkɪˈnɪk /
noun
- the dried leaves and bark of certain plants, sometimes with tobacco added, formerly smoked by some North American Indians
- any of the plants used for such a preparation, such as the sumach Rhus glabra
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kinnikinnick1
1790–1800; earlier killikinnick, etc., < Unami Delaware kələk˙əní˙k˙an literally, admixture, derivative of Proto-Algonquian *keleken- mix (it) with something different by hand
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kinnikinnick1
C18: from Algonquian, literally: that which is mixed; related to Natick kinukkinuk mixture
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Example Sentences
Adam had risen early and decked every available spot with kinnikinnick until the room fairly glistened.
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He packed a good supply of kippered salmon, and filled his pouch with kinnikinnick for smoking in his black stone pipe.
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The Indians filled their pipes with kinnikinnick, or willow bark, and smoked.
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The girls tried to assume the airs of smokers, and puffed their kinnikinnick furiously.
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In the woods the berries of the kinnikinnick grew red, and on the 181 lawn the mountain ash trees stood clothed in holiday attire.
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