pekan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pekan
1710–20, < Canadian French pécan, pécant, pékan < Eastern Abenaki ( French spelling) pékané
Example Sentences
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In our natural histories it is described under the name of the pekan.
From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton
There is a well-known instance of Hudson's Bay trappers having a line of one hundred and fifty marten traps stretching for fifty miles robbed of their bait by pekan.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
While mink and otter are about, the trapper will waste no steel-traps on pekan.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
The men shortened the line to thirty miles and for six times in succession did pekan destroy the traps.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
Of otter and mink and pekan there will be plenty, for these fish-eaters are most easily taken before midwinter frost has frozen the streams solid.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
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