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Synonyms for potlatch


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pot-lach
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒt lætʃ

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Définition of potlatch

Origin :
  • 1845, "a gift," from Chinook jargon pot-latch, "a gift," from Nootka (Wakashan) patshatl "giving, gift." Later (1865) in sense "ceremony in which gifts are exchanged."
  • As in feast : noun banquet and celebration
Example sentences :
  • Then he proceeds to invite all his friends, up and down the coast, to a potlatch.
  • Extract from : « Jack the Young Canoeman » by George Bird Grinnell
  • And that night at Lewis's they gave Howard Eaton a potlatch.
  • Extract from : « Through Glacier Park » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Potlatch (Give)konaway (every)sun (day)nesika (our)muckamuck.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
  • He had just returned from a Government “potlatch” at the Tulalip agency.
  • Extract from : « Blazing The Way » by Emily Inez Denny
  • We took materials for a potlatch,—leaf-tobacco, rice and sugar.
  • Extract from : « Alaska Days with John Muir » by Samuel Hall Young
  • Jim was very anxious that I should attend the closing-day of the potlatch.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Orange Jacobs » by Orange Jacobs
  • He sent a large canoe with eight paddle-men to take me to the potlatch.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Orange Jacobs » by Orange Jacobs
  • When he had secured a large accumulation of such things, he gave a potlatch.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Orange Jacobs » by Orange Jacobs
  • Outside the Fort preparations were under way for a potlatch.
  • Extract from : « The Faith of Men » by Jack London
  • The Potlatch was sentiment, and the Sun-dance was an actual poem.
  • Extract from : « The Log School-House on the Columbia » by Hezekiah Butterworth
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