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siwash
1[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]
noun
- (sometimes initial capital letter) Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
verb (used without object)
- to camp out without a tent or supplies.
Siwash
2[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]
noun
- a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old ):
students from old Siwash.
Siwash
1/ ˈ²õ²¹Éª·Éɒʃ /
noun
- a North American Indian
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or relating to Indians
- worthless, stingy, or bad
he's siwash
siwash
2/ ˈ²õ²¹Éª·Éɒʃ /
noun
- another name for Cowichan sweater
verb
- intr (in the Pacific Northwest) to camp out with only natural shelter
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of siwash1
1830–40; < Chinook Jargon < North American French sauvage Indian, French: wild, savage
Origin of siwash2
After a fictional college of the same name in At Good Old Siwash (1911) and other books by U.S. author George Helgeson Fitch (1877–1915)
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of siwash1
C19: from Chinook Jargon, from French sauvage savage
Origin of siwash2
see Siwash
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When it was a bit lighter he rose and walked out and cut a perimeter about their siwash camp looking for sign but other than their own faint track through the ash he saw nothing.
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Walking the beach in Stanley Park, I snapped photos of Siwash Rock.
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Siwash Rock looms into view when you turn a bend between Third Beach and Prospect Point.
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Use at least a 5/0 siwash hook and sharpen it.
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The last method of setting up a Super Bait is with a single siwash hook.
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