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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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.
It is the otchoek of the Crees, and the pekan of the Canadians.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
Such quiet waters are favourite resorts for beaver and mink and marten and pekan.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
And the tracks are double because pekan travel in pairs.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
This is wuchak the fisher, or pekan, commonly called "the black cat"—who, in spite of his fishy name, hates water as cats hate it.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
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