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View synonyms for wickiup
wickiup
or wick·y·up, wik·i·up
[ wik-ee-uhp ]
noun
- (in Nevada, Arizona, etc.) an American Indian hut made of brushwood or covered with mats.
- Western U.S. any rude hut.
wickiup
/ ˈwɪkɪˌʌp /
noun
- 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
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wickiup1
C19: from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo wikiyap; compare wigwam
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Example Sentences
When Redbird and White Bear returned to their wickiup, the crescent moon had reached the high point of its trail across the sky.
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When he reached his wickiup he called Redbird out, and they walked through the camp together.
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They left the wickiup and she walked through the camp with her eyes on the ground, too frightened, he supposed, to look about her.
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That night Redbird curled up on her solitary pallet of blankets laid over a mat of reeds on one side of the wickiup.
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Delgadito turned and entered his wickiup to indicate that Geronimo was dismissed.
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