pogamoggan

[pog-uh-mog-uhn]

noun

1. a club with a knobbed head, used by various American Indian peoples.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pogamoggan¹

First recorded in 1780–90; from Ojibwe pakama·kan, equivalent to unattested Proto-Algonquian pakama·- “hit (someone)” + -kan “instrument for”

Example Sentences

Jolitta, blonde, scrubbed, and pretty in a pink cotton dress that she made herself, easily tobogganed through pogamoggan and rigescent.

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Associated words: tepee, wigwam, tomahawk, lodge, wickiup, sachemdom, pueblo, calumet, totem, totemism, powwow, roanoke, coup, gens, Manito, pogamoggan, potlatch, chinook, runtee, travail, travois, strouding.

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