wikiup

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Then he went behind a blanket that was hung up at one side of the wikiup, all the time talking gaily to Cowboy Jack and Mr. Bunker, and when he reappeared he was dressed just as Daddy Bunker dressed back home when he went to the lodge or to a banquet The four little Bunkers stared.

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  1. noun Variant of wickiup.

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  • Then he went behind a blanket that was hung up at one side of the wikiup, all the time talking gaily to Cowboy Jack and Mr. Bunker, and when he reappeared he was dressed just as Daddy Bunker dressed back home when he went to the lodge or to a banquet The four little Bunkers stared. —  Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
  • I'm only a poor little redskin; a trifling inconsistency like that doesn't worry ME Me taky you my wikiup-HUH!" —  The Heart of Rachael
  • He just stuck his nose into old Hagar's wikiup--and one sniff seemed to be about all he wanted. —  Good Indian
  • SQUAW-TALK-FAR-OFF HEAP SMART Good Indian spoke briefly with the good-looking young squaw, who had a shy glance for him when he came up; afterward he took hold of his hat by the brim, and ducked through the low opening of a wikiup which she smilingly pointed out to him Howdy, Peppajee? —  Good Indian
  • The veneer of white men's ways dropped from him when he entered his own wikiup, and he would not speak quickly Las' night--mebbyso yo' watchum?" —  Good Indian
 

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