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papoose

or pap·poose

[ pa-poos, puh- ]

/ pæˈpus, pə- /

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noun

a North American Indian baby or young child.

Origin of papoose

1625–35, Americanism; < Narragansett (E spelling) papoòs baby, or Massachusett (E spelling) pappouse

Words nearby papoose

papinian, papism, papist, papistical, papistry, papoose, papoose-root, papovaviridae, papovavirus, papp, pappadam

Example sentences from the Web for papooses

Slovenly-looking things they were with their three or four coloured petticoats and their papooses on their backs.

The Imperialist |(a.k.a. Mrs. Everard Cotes) Sara Jeannette Duncan
The Miami woman had grown tired of her charge, so unlike the papooses of the Indian mothers.

A Little Girl in Old Detroit |Amanda Minnie Douglas
Teach them how to read and make big scratch (writings) and let them learn other papooses.

A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead |C. G. Helleberg
All around her feet fell soft knotted fringes Cut deep as the height of the first upstanding Of papooses ready to walk.

The Fire Bird |Gene Stratton-Porter

Women were sitting on the floor, some with papooses strapped to their backs.

Land of the Burnt Thigh |Edith Eudora Kohl

British Dictionary definitions for papooses

papoose

pappoose

/ (pəˈpuːs) /

noun

an American Indian baby or child

a pouchlike bag used for carrying a baby, worn on the back

Word Origin for papoose

C17: from Algonquian papoos