Siwash
[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]
/ ˈsaɪ wɒʃ, -wɔʃ /
noun
a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
Origin of Siwash
after a fictional college of the same name in
At Good Old Siwash (1911) and other books by U.S. author George Helgeson Fitch (1877–1915)
British Dictionary definitions for old-siwash (1 of 2)
siwash
/ (ˈsaɪwɒʃ) /
noun
another name for Cowichan sweater
verb
(intr)
(in the Pacific Northwest) to camp out with only natural shelter
Word Origin for siwash
see
Siwash
British Dictionary definitions for old-siwash (2 of 2)
Siwash
/ (ˈsaɪwɒʃ) sometimes not capital slang, derogatory (in the Pacific Northwest) /
noun
a North American Indian
adjective
of, characteristic of, or relating to Indians
worthless, stingy, or bad
he's siwash
Word Origin for Siwash
C19: from Chinook Jargon, from French
sauvage
savage