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- noun Plural form of
wigwam .
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Examples
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They built little huts of sticks which they called wigwams, and covered them with skins.
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The Tauren revere nature, living in wigwams near giant totem poles.
Boing Boing 2008
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The Lenape made dome-shaped houses called wigwams where a small family or individual could live.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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They lived in little dome-shaped houses called wigwams that could hold four or five people.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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These buildings were Iroquois homes, known as wigwams and longhouses.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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Each tribe had a territory defined by natural bounds, and they lived on the rivers and creeks in small villages, consisting of huts called wigwams, oval in shape, and made of bark set upon a framework of saplings.
England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894
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They lived in fragile huts called wigwams, so simple in their structure that one could easily be erected in a few hours.
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To give a short description of these temporary houses called wigwams, may not be improper here, for the satisfaction of those who never saw any, especially as they differ somewhat from those of North America, which are more generally known from the numerous accounts of that country.
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Pharisees ` fairies 'are also deep in Sussex folklore, while ` something too complex to understand' is called wigwams for goose's bridles.
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Standish, with four or five men, went to look for savages, and though they found some of their old houses "wigwams" could not meet with any of them.
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876
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