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wickiup
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wick·i·up also wik·i·up  (wk-p)
n.
A frame hut covered with matting, as of bark or brush, used by nomadic Native Americans of North America.
[Fox wiikiyaapi, wigwam.]
wickiup, wikiup, wickyup [ˈwɪkɪˌʌp]
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) US and Canadian a crude shelter made of brushwood, mats, or grass and having an oval frame, esp of a kind used by nomadic Indians now in Oklahoma and neighbouring states of the US
[from Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo wikiyap; compare wigwam]
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Noun1.wickiupwickiup - a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States
wikiup
indian lodge, lodge - any of various Native American dwellings


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