pogamoggan
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pogamoggan
First recorded in 1780–90; from Ojibwe pakama·kan, equivalent to unattested Proto-Algonquian pakama·- “hit (someone)” + -kan “instrument for”
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Jolitta, blonde, scrubbed, and pretty in a pink cotton dress that she made herself, easily tobogganed through pogamoggan and rigescent.
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