wannigan
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”);[1] compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian).
Noun[edit]
wannigan (plural wannigans)
- A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.
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References[edit]
- ^ 1910, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 2, page 910