tillicum
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of tillicum
from Chinook Jargon, from Chinook tlxam kin, esp as distinguished from chiefs
Example Sentences
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Later in the season, huckleberries abound at Tillicum Campground near Mount Adams.
From Seattle Times
When David’s family came to cook and perform at Tillicum Village on Blake Island during the World’s Fair in 1962, he met Holm, who was then teaching Northwest Coast art at the UW.
From Seattle Times
You could spend your whole visit exploring the jetty area that includes a Tillicum longhouse, a long shoreline and basic campsites.
From Seattle Times
Cookie, a onetime baker’s assistant, cooks “oily cakes,” and entrepreneurial King-Lu sells them to the trappers and soldiers at Fort Tillicum for piles of silver pieces, company scrip, and beads.
From Slate
Cookie’s companions can barely exchange words without coming to blows, and the same ethos seems to govern Fort Tillicum.
From New York Times
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