Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass or brushwood.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
wickiup .
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- noun a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States
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Examples
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Everywhere the naked, hungry, frightened little Indian children, darting behind bush or into wikiup at sight of you.
Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994
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Everywhere the naked, hungry, frightened little Indian children, darting behind bush or into wikiup at sight of you.
Once They Moved Like the Wind David Roberts 1994
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"Was she over at my wikiup the other evening?" asked Black Bear, with interest.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope
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The four children peered out of the wikiup and saw the party of horsemen dismount.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope
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Out of a box Chief Black Bear took certain treasures that he gave to the four little Bunkers who visited his wikiup.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope
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Vi and Laddie were so curious that they wished to examine everything in the wikiup.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope
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They peered out of the "door" of the wikiup as daddy held back the blanket that served as a curtain over the entrance.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope
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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!
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope
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"Me taky you my wikiup-HUH!" said Frank Whittaker invitingly.
The Heart of Rachael Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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Stooping he examined it closely and found to his surprise that it was the opening of a shelter tent or wikiup.
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