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Pemmican

//ˈpɛmɪkən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A food made from meat which has been dried and beaten into a paste, mixed with berries and rendered fat, and shaped into little patties. uncountable, usually

    "I tried to eat some pemmican, but my mouth was too dry."

  2. 2
    lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians wordnet
  3. 3
    A speech or piece of writing that is very condensed, conveying a lot of thought or information in few words. archaic, uncountable, usually

Etymology

From Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.

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