pappoose

noun

a North American Indian baby or young child.

Also, pap·poose.

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

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papoose or pappoose (pəˈpuːs)

—n
1.	an American Indian baby or child
2.	a pouchlike bag used for carrying a baby, worn on the back

[C17: from Algonquian papoos]

pappoose or pappoose

—n

[C17: from Algonquian papoos]

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papoose or pappoose (pəˈpuːs)

—n
1.	an American Indian baby or child
2.	a pouchlike bag used for carrying a baby, worn on the back

[C17: from Algonquian papoos]

pappoose or pappoose

—n

[C17: from Algonquian papoos]

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papoose

1634, from Narragansett (Algonquian) papoos "child," lit. "very young."

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