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View synonyms for papoose
papoose
or pap·poose
[ pa-poos, puh- ]
noun
- a North American Indian baby or young child.
papoose
/ pəˈpuːs /
noun
- an American Indian baby or child
- a pouchlike bag used for carrying a baby, worn on the back
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Word History and Origins
Origin of papoose1
First recorded in 1625–35, Americanism; from Narragansett ( English spelling) papoòs “baby,” or Massachusett ( English spelling) pappouse
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Word History and Origins
Origin of papoose1
C17: from Algonquian papoos
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Example Sentences
The boy had never seen so tiny a papoose, and he thought he would take it home to his mother, it was so cunning.
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Behind her came Burning Pine, the younger wife, a papoose strapped to her back, looking equally determined.
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The papoose has first a child-name, which later gives place to the appellation which it will use through life.
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In a little while he lay upon his side, trussed up as securely and helplessly as a papoose in its birch-bark carrying-cradle.
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Chick-chick gesticulated the proposition that the white papoose be brought into the tent, where he could be seen.
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