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View synonyms for pirogue
pirogue
[ pi-rohg, pee-rohg ]
pirogue
/ pɪˈrəʊɡ /
noun
- any of various kinds of dugout canoes
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pirogue1
C17: via French from Spanish piragua
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Example Sentences
She had one of her own to tell, of a woman who paddled away with her lover one night in a pirogue and never came back.
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He had but one pirogue, in which were his wife and children.
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The dusk of evening was now upon us, so we hurriedly pushed our pirogue-raft into the water and climbed aboard.
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When the pirogue grounded, the Indian was out like a cat, to vanish phantom-wise among the trees.
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In a flash he jerked me flat between his knees and sent the pirogue with a mighty thrust beyond the zone of fire light.
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