siwash
(sometimes initial capital letter)Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
to camp out without a tent or supplies.
Origin of siwash
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Other definitions for Siwash (2 of 2)
a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
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How to use siwash in a sentence
He glanced down the river and saw a long siwash dugout sweep around the curve of the Big Bend.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairI guess siwash, for example, is a French word—probably it was originally sauvage, meaning savage.
Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird GrinnellLike the ancient Greeks, the siwash of the Northwest invest the unseen world with spiritual intelligence.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete | Charles M. SkinnerAs for the siwash village on the other side of Sitka, it is a siwash village over again.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren StoddardBut when a siwash quits eating fish it is generally because there is no more fish to eat.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shields
British Dictionary definitions for siwash (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsaɪwɒʃ) /
another name for Cowichan sweater
(intr) (in the Pacific Northwest) to camp out with only natural shelter
Origin of siwash
1British Dictionary definitions for Siwash (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsaɪwɒʃ) sometimes not capital slang, derogatory (in the Pacific Northwest) /
a North American Indian
of, characteristic of, or relating to Indians
worthless, stingy, or bad: he's siwash
Origin of Siwash
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