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wishtonwish

wishtonwish noun: the prairie dog.

Noun

wishtonwish (plural wishtonwishes)

  1. (US, obsolete, except perhaps in dialects) The prairie dog.
    • On the twenty fourth of October, while on a short excursion from this place, Lt. Pike and Dr. Robertson, (a gentleman who accompanied the expedition,) killed some prairie squirrels, or wishtonwishes, and nine rattle snakes, […]1812 April, “Pike's Expedition”, in The General Repository and Review, volume 1, page 398
    • […] who, it turned out, devoted all his spending money to them, asked me if I had ever seen a "wishtonwish."1937, James Thurber, Let Your Mind Alone, page 189

Forms of wishtonwish

pluralwishtonwishes

Origin of wishtonwish

From a Native American word which was an onomatopoeic representation of the animals' cry.

Questions about wishtonwish

What does wishtonwish mean?
Wishtonwish means the prairie dog.
What part of speech is wishtonwish?
Wishtonwish is a noun.
What is the plural of wishtonwish?
The plural of wishtonwish is wishtonwishes.

Words near wishtonwish in the dictionary

  1. Wishram
  2. wisht
  3. wisht as a winnard
  4. wishter
  5. wishtest
  6. wishtonwish
  7. wishtonwishes
  8. Wishverse
  9. wishy-washier
  10. wishy-washiest
  11. wishy-washily

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