wickiup
or wick·y·up, wik·i·up
(in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats.
Western U.S. any rude hut.
Origin of wickiup
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How to use wickiup in a sentence
A decayed wooden "wickyup," where the bones of the Indian dead are laid, almost touched the tomb.
From Sea to Sea | Rudyard KiplingI brag about being busy, but I'm not the only busy person about this wickyup.
The Prairie Wife | Arthur Stringer
British Dictionary definitions for wickiup
wikiup or wickyup
/ (ˈwɪkɪˌʌp) /
US and Canadian a crude shelter made of brushwood, mats, or grass and having an oval frame, esp of a kind used by nomadic Indians now in Oklahoma and neighbouring states of the US
Origin of wickiup
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