shaganappi

[shag-uh-nap-ee, shag-uh-nap-ee]

shag·a·nap·pi

[shag-uh-nap-ee, shag-uh-nap-ee]
noun Chiefly Canadian.
thongs, straps, or lacings made of rawhide.
Compare babiche.


Origin:
1735–45; < Swampy Cree (dial. of Cree spoken in Manitoba and Ontario) pi·ša·kana·piy (compare Cree pi·ša·kan leather, -a·piy string)
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Shaganappi is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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