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Grammar : Noun

Spell : pa-poos, puh-

Phonetic Transcription : pæˈpus, pə-

Definition of papooses

Origin : 1630s, from Narragansett papoos "child," or a similar New England Algonquian word; said to mean literally "very young."

As in baby : noun infant
As in milquetoast : noun baby
As in neonate : noun baby
As in nursling : noun baby

Example sentences :

He hear water-spirits say to Mighty Hand that they have papooses.
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

It would gladden the eyes of the pale-faces to see their papooses by another sun?
Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby

Martin had three papooses (as the Indians call the children) by the Strawberry.
Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat

Russian babies are usually swaddled tightly, like American papooses.
Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston

We'll make a lot of those Indians wish that they had stayed at home with their papooses.
Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith

Women were sitting on the floor, some with papooses strapped to their backs.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

Women sat on the floor, papooses on their backs, beadwork in hand.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

“The papooses of the Indian make the white man happy,” he said simply.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

The warriors hunt; the cihuatls prepare the food, and nurse the papooses.
Extract from : « The Indian Scout » by Gustave Aimard

How the white traders would laugh at them, and call them papooses.
Extract from : « The Chief of the Ranges » by H. A. Cody

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