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papoose
[ 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of papoose1
Word History and Origins
Origin of papoose1
Example Sentences
Another agency, Splash, publicly blamed its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on the cost of legal action against it by Harry and Meghan after it distributed pictures taken of Meghan walking in a public park with Archie in a papoose.
The boy had never seen so tiny a papoose, and he thought he would take it home to his mother, it was so cunning.
Behind her came Burning Pine, the younger wife, a papoose strapped to her back, looking equally determined.
The papoose has first a child-name, which later gives place to the appellation which it will use through life.
In a little while he lay upon his side, trussed up as securely and helplessly as a papoose in its birch-bark carrying-cradle.
Chick-chick gesticulated the proposition that the white papoose be brought into the tent, where he could be seen.
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