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wickiups

wickiups is the plural of wickiup.

Meaning of wickiup

Noun

wickiup (plural wickiups)

  1. A domed hut, similar to a wigwam, used by some seminomadic Native American tribes, particularly in the southwestern and western United States.
    • They say his real name is Cimarron Seven, of the Choctaw Indian family of Sevens; he was raised in a tepee; a wickiup had been his bedroom, a blanket his robe.1930, Edna Ferber, Cimarron, page 11

Questions about wickiups

What is wickiups the plural of?
Wickiups is the plural of wickiup.

Words near wickiups in the dictionary

  1. wickie
  2. wickies
  3. wicking
  4. wickings
  5. wickiup
  6. wickiups
  7. Wickizer
  8. Wickizers
  9. wickless
  10. Wicklewood
  11. Wickliffe

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