- wannigan
- noun see wanigan
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
wannigan
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wannigan — noun see wanigan * * * wannegan, wannigan varr. wanigan … Useful english dictionary
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wanigan — or wannigan noun Etymology: Ojibwa wa•nikka•n pit Date: circa 1848 a shelter (as for sleeping, eating, or storage) often mounted on wheels or tracks and towed by tractor or mounted on a raft or boat … New Collegiate Dictionary
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wanigan — /won i geuhn/, n. 1. a lumberjack s trunk. 2. a lumber camp s supply chest. 3. a small house on wheels or tractor treads, used as an office or shelter in temporary lumber camps. 4. (esp. in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest) a lean to or other… … Universalium
wannegan — wannegan, wannigan varr. wanigan … Useful english dictionary
