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papoose

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7 lettersPronunciation /pəˈpuːs/Part of speech nounSorted aeooppsStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an American Indian infant

Word origin

Borrowed from Narragansett papoos (“a child”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […]
  • They say he has Indian blood in him. They say he has an Indian wife somewhere, and a lot of papooses. Cherokee.

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