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wanigan
[ won-i-guhn ]
/ ˈwɒn ɪ gən /
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noun
a lumberjack's trunk.
a lumber camp's supply chest.
a small house on wheels or tractor treads, used as an office or shelter in temporary lumber camps.
(especially in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest) a lean-to or other small addition built onto a house trailer, cabin, etc.
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Also wan·gan, wan·gun [wang-guhn], /ˈwæŋ gən/, wan·ni·gan.
Origin of wanigan
1840–50; <Ojibwa wa·nikka·n pit, derivative of wa·nikke·- to dig a hole in the ground < Proto-Algonquian *wa·θehke·- (*wa·θ- hole + *-ehke·- make)
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wanigan
wannigan
/ (ˈwɒnɪgən) /
noun Canadian
a lumberjack's chest or box
a cabin, caboose or houseboat
Word Origin for wanigan
C19: from Algonquian
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