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siwash
1[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]
noun
- (sometimes initial capital letter) Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
verb (used without object)
- to camp out without a tent or supplies.
Siwash
2[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]
noun
- a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old ):
students from old Siwash.
Siwash
1/ ˈsaɪwɒʃ /
noun
- a North American Indian
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or relating to Indians
- worthless, stingy, or bad
he's siwash
siwash
2/ ˈsaɪwɒʃ /
noun
- See Cowichan sweateranother name for Cowichan sweater
verb
- intr (in the Pacific Northwest) to camp out with only natural shelter
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Example Sentences
He glanced down the river and saw a long Siwash dugout sweep around the curve of the Big Bend.
I guess Siwash, for example, is a French word—probably it was originally sauvage, meaning savage.
Like the ancient Greeks, the Siwash of the Northwest invest the unseen world with spiritual intelligence.
As for the Siwash village on the other side of Sitka, it is a Siwash village over again.
But when a Siwash quits eating fish it is generally because there is no more fish to eat.
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