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Synonyms for papooses
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pa-poos, puh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : pæˈpus, pə- |
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Définition 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
- 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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