wickiup
Example Sentences
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Giving up corporation law in New York for a squalid miner's wickiup, Matt Devlin soon stops digging and turns to honest usury instead, buying out the claims of desperate miners.
From Time Magazine Archive
Honorary chairman was none other than Vice President Charles Curtis, whose grandmother was a Kaw and who shows his interest in Indian art by decorating his imposing office with beaded moccasins and a tribal wickiup.
From Time Magazine Archive
He put his head in at the door of her wickiup.
From The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children by Mary Hunter Austin
White Bear stood up, stretched his tired arms and legs and turned to the doorway of his wickiup.
From Shaman by Robert Shea
When I asked you to untie Nancy today and take her to our wickiup, you could have refused me, as Running Deer did to Wolf Paw.
From Shaman by Robert Shea
