kuspuk

[kuhs-puhk]

kus·puk

[kuhs-puhk]
noun Alaska, Northern Canada.
1.
a cloth garment worn by Eskimos over the parka.
2.
a parka of lightweight cloth, worn especially by Eskimo women and children in summer.

Origin:
< Yupik qaspeq
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Kuspuk is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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