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pokelogan

[ pohk-loh-guhn ]

noun

, Northeastern U.S.
  1. marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.


pokelogan

/ ˈpəʊkˌləʊɡən /

noun

  1. another name for bogan 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pokelogan1

First recorded in 1840–50 (earlier as placename); origin uncertain; perhaps from an Algonquian language, e.g., Ojibwe pokenogun “stopping place,” or Maliseet papkeləkwan “backwater”; bogan
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pokelogan1

C19: from Ojibwa pokenogun
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Example Sentences

They were particularly numerous where there was a small bay, or pokelogan, as it is called, bordered by a strip of meadow, or separated from the river by a low peninsula covered with coarse grass, wool-grass, etc., wherein they had waded back and forth and eaten the pads.

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