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wigwam
/ˈwɪɡwɑm/
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What does wigwam mean?
noun
- A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.
verb
- To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (dated) Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈwɪɡwɑm/
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And he nailed that shingle to a lath, and stood the lath up four or five foot in front of the wigwam.
The mason who finishes the cornice of the palace returns at night perchance to a hut not so good as a wigwam.
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Till the winter snow covered the ground and ice covered the lakes, the wailing woman's voice was heard from that solitary wigwam.
When I had been at my master's wigwam, I took the first opportunity I could get to go look after my dead child.
John lived in a boat turned upside down on the sands, Michael in a wigwam, Wendy in a house of leaves deftly sewn together.