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siwash

1

[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.


verb (used without object)

  1. to camp out without a tent or supplies.

Siwash

2

[ sahy-wosh, -wawsh ]

noun

  1. a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old ):

    students from old Siwash.

Siwash

1

/ ˈsaɪwɒʃ /

noun

  1. a North American Indian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of, characteristic of, or relating to Indians
  2. worthless, stingy, or bad

    he's siwash

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

siwash

2

/ ˈsaɪwɒʃ /

noun

  1. another name for Cowichan sweater
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr (in the Pacific Northwest) to camp out with only natural shelter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of siwash1

1830–40; < Chinook Jargon < North American French sauvage Indian, French: wild, savage

Origin of siwash2

After a fictional college of the same name in At Good Old Siwash (1911) and other books by U.S. author George Helgeson Fitch (1877–1915)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of siwash1

C19: from Chinook Jargon, from French sauvage savage

Origin of siwash2

see Siwash
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Example Sentences

He glanced down the river and saw a long Siwash dugout sweep around the curve of the Big Bend.

I guess Siwash, for example, is a French word—probably it was originally sauvage, meaning savage.

Like the ancient Greeks, the Siwash of the Northwest invest the unseen world with spiritual intelligence.

As for the Siwash village on the other side of Sitka, it is a Siwash village over again.

But when a Siwash quits eating fish it is generally because there is no more fish to eat.

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