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pemican

pemican is the alternative spelling of pemmican.

Meaning of pemmican

Noun

pemmican (usually uncountable, plural pemmicans)

  1. (usually) A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties.
    • "I can butcher a buffalo and make pemmican. I can pitch a tepee and pack it on a horse to move."1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, Flame on the Frontier; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 27
  2. (archaic, usually) A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words.

Forms of pemican

pluralpemicans

Questions about pemican

What is pemican the alternative spelling of?
Pemican is the alternative spelling of pemmican.

Words near pemican in the dictionary

  1. Pembrooke
  2. Pembury
  3. PEMDAS
  4. pemetrexed
  5. Pemexgate
  6. pemican
  7. pemicans
  8. Pemienta
  9. pemigatinib
  10. pemirolast
  11. Pemiscot County

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