wickiup
Americannoun
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(in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats.
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Western U.S. any rude hut.
noun
Etymology
Origin of wickiup
1850–55, earlier and still dialectally applied to the bark- or mat-covered wigwams of the Upper Great Lakes Indians < Fox wi·kiya·pi house < Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi; cf. wigwam
Example Sentences
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Giving up corporation law in New York for a squalid miner's wickiup, Matt Devlin soon stops digging and turns to honest usury instead, buying out the claims of desperate miners.
From Time Magazine Archive
Honorary chairman was none other than Vice President Charles Curtis, whose grandmother was a Kaw and who shows his interest in Indian art by decorating his imposing office with beaded moccasins and a tribal wickiup.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even in the semidarkness of the wickiup White Bear could see pain in her eyes.
From Shaman by Shea, Robert
What right had he to go on a spirit journey leaving his body to haunt her wickiup?
From Shaman by Shea, Robert
He filled and lit it with a twig from the fire in his wickiup and smoked thoughtfully for a while before speaking.
From Shaman by Shea, Robert
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