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wannigan

wannigan noun: a box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.

Noun

wannigan (plural wannigans)

  1. A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.
    Synonyms:
    camp box, chuck box, grub box, patrol box

Synonyms of wannigan

  • camp box
  • chuck box
  • grub box
  • patrol box

Forms of wannigan

pluralwannigans

Origin of wannigan

From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian).

Questions about wannigan

What does wannigan mean?
Wannigan means a box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.
What part of speech is wannigan?
Wannigan is a noun.
What is the plural of wannigan?
The plural of wannigan is wannigans.

Words near wannigan in the dictionary

  1. wannesses
  2. wannest
  3. Wannian
  4. Wannier function
  5. Wannier functions
  6. wannigan
  7. wannigans
  8. wannime
  9. Wanning
  10. wannion
  11. wannish

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