siwash
[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]
/ ˈsaɪ wɒʃ, -wɔʃ /
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noun
(sometimes initial capital letter)Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
verb (used without object)
to camp out without a tent or supplies.
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1830–40; <Chinook Jargon <North American French sauvage Indian, French: wild, savage
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Definition for siwash (2 of 2)
Siwash
[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]
/ ˈsaɪ wɒʃ, -wɔʃ /
noun
a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
Origin of Siwash
After a fictional college of the same name in At Good Old Siwash (1911) and other books by U.S. author George Helgeson Fitch (1877–1915)
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British Dictionary definitions for siwash (1 of 2)
siwash
/ (ˈsaɪwɒʃ) /
noun
another name for Cowichan sweater
verb
(intr) (in the Pacific Northwest) to camp out with only natural shelter
Word Origin for siwash
see Siwash
British Dictionary definitions for siwash (2 of 2)
Siwash
/ (ˈsaɪwɒʃ) sometimes not capital slang, derogatory (in the Pacific Northwest) /
noun
a North American Indian
adjective
of, characteristic of, or relating to Indians
worthless, stingy, or badhe's siwash
Word Origin for Siwash
C19: from Chinook Jargon, from French sauvage savage
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