English Explanatory Dictionary

wannigan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.

Word forms

wannigan wannigans

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).

Synonyms

camp box chuck box grub box patrol box
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