[…] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […]
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Papoose
/pəˈpuːs/
Synonyms for "papoose" (31 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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10 entriesNative American papooseinfant papoosepapoose boardpapoose on the backpapoose slingpapoose the babypapoose the childpapoose the infantpapoose wrappapoosing the infant
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They say he has Indian blood in him. They say he has an Indian wife somewhere, and a lot of papooses. Cherokee.
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In the empty Houston streets of four o’clock in the morning a motorcycle kid suddenly roared through, all bespangled and bedecked with glittering buttons, visor, slick black jacket, a Texas poet of the night, girl gripped on his back like a papoose, […]
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