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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

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kamik

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

From The Eskimo Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins

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

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

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