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tupik

noun as in tent

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Cul-de-sac translates in Russian as tupik — a word that evokes vulnerability and danger, a dead end with no escape.

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Situated on a gently southward sloping knoll are the igloos and tupiks, where I have spent many pleasant days with my Esquimo friends and learned much of the folk-lore and history.

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The tupik is made of sealskins, with the hair on the inside.

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In anger she fled into her tupik, or tent.

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In the summer they live in a tent, which they call a "tupik."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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