papoose









papoose


noun

  1. a North American Indian baby or young child.

noun

  1. an American Indian baby or child
  2. a pouchlike bag used for carrying a baby, worn on the back

n.1630s, from Narragansett papoos “child,” or a similar New England Algonquian word; said to mean literally “very young.”

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