"wannigan" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wannigans [plural]
Etymology: From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|abe|waniigan||pit trap, container for sundries}} Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”), {{cog|oj|waanikaan||pit, excavated hole}} Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”), {{cog|en|wammikin}} English wammikin Head templates: {{en-noun}} wannigan (plural wannigans)
  1. A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips. Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: camp box, chuck box, grub box, patrol box

Inflected forms

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