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- noun Alternative spelling of
powwow .
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Examples
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Only a fool or dozen of them wouldn't sign it, like Rep. Nikki Haley who enjoyed a pow-wow trip to China with Luv Guv.
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He made a big mistake with his original comments and – responding to public condemnation – he compounded his error by hosting this ridiculous "pow-wow".
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After a quick pow-wow with our old Indian guide, we voted to finish our work on the cabin and start back.
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As this period began, Stan Lee claimed to have devised a process of creating comic books called “The Marvel Method” in which the writer and artist would pow-wow over an idea and come up with a basic summary for a story.
07 « August « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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With Maria Schneider in her eighth Thanksgiving weekend and the Pizzarelli-Peplowski pow-wow in its sixth, Birdland may be trying to inaugurate a holiday tradition of its own.
Music With All the Fixings Will Friedwald 2011
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Anything but a beauty — had been his appraisal when he halted the procession for a pow-wow.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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Montgomerie and his plethora of vice-captains? five at the last count? held a pow-wow on Sunday night and decided a man who could hold his nerve on the final nine holes of a US Open had the makings of a Ryder Cup hero.
Ryder Cup 2010: Graeme McDowell the perfect hero for Europe Lawrence Donegan 2010
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Southern Oregon Indian Center, asked Coiner to publicly apologize for misstatements made at the Pottsville pow-wow, where his wedding — the occasion for the newspaper story — took place.
Cordoves, Joaquin 2010
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That seemed to be the bankers 'general conclusion at their pow-wow on the subject of "values and trust" yesterday.
How to rein in banking's bonus junkies Nils Pratley 2010
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As this period began, Stan Lee claimed to have devised a process of creating comic books called “The Marvel Method” in which the writer and artist would pow-wow over an idea and come up with a basic summary for a story.
treeseed commented on the word pow-wow
Pow-wow is a system of American folk religion and magic associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch. It comes from the book Pow-wows, or, The Long Lost Friend, written by John George Hohman and first published in German as Der Lange Verborgene Freund in 1820. Despite the Native name, taken from an Algonquian word for a shaman, the collection is actually a very traditional collection of European magic spells, recipes, and folk remedies, of a type familiar to students of folklore. They mix Roman Catholic prayers, magic words, and simple rituals to cure simple domestic ailments and rural troubles. Once these charms and spells were written down in English, they escaped the (originally German) Pennsylvania Dutch community and influenced hoodoo and other forms of folk magic and folk religion in the United States.
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January 31, 2008
treeseed commented on the word pow-wow
A pow-wow (also powwow or pow wow or pau wau) is a gathering of North America's Native people. The word derives from the Narragansett word powwaw, meaning "spiritual leader".
A modern pow-wow is a specific type of event where both Native American and non-Native American people meet to dance, sing, socialize, and honor American Indian culture. There is generally a dancing competition, often with significant prize money awarded. Pow-wows vary in length from one day session of 5 to 6 hours to three days. Major pow-wows or pow-wows called for a special occasion can be up to one week long.
The term also has been used to describe any gathering of Native Americans of any tribe, and as such is occasionally heard in older Western movies. The word has also been used to refer to a meeting, especially a meeting of powerful people such as officers in the military. However, such use can also be viewed as disrespectful to Native culture.
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February 19, 2008