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Meanings of wikiup in English

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 for "wickiup"
Examples for "wickiup"
1
The women went into the wickiup and covered their heads with their blankets.
The Land of Little Rain
2
Glanton rode his horse completely through the first wickiup trampling the occupants underfoot.
Blood Meridian
3
They let him live in the wickiup encampments.
Iron Council
4
All followed the sprint she made for the wickiup, and saw, with her, the picture its interior afforded.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
5
But it's up to us to help all we can, and I reckon we'll begin by taking a preliminary survey of this wickiup.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
Usage of wikiup in English
1
You can go into Bear's wikiup if you want to.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
2
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
3
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
4
They came upon the main Seti encampment: tattered, abandoned wikiups, trampled cookfires, abandoned equipment, and dead.
Return of the Crimson Guard
5
"Was she over at my wikiup the other evening?"
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's
6
"Me taky you my wikiup-HUH!"
The Heart of Rachael
Wikiup through the time