Citations:wammikin

English citations of wammikin

  • 1878, The Century: A Popular Quarterly, page 150:
    [] by what is called a wammikin, consisting of a raft of []
  • 1879, Nathaniel Willis, Daniel Sharp Ford, The Youth's Companion, page 287:
    For the bear plainly meant to stick to the wammikin;
  • 1884, Charles M. Green, The Friend of All: A Cyclopaedia of Practical Information for the Housekeeper, the Gardener, the Farmer, the Artisan, the Business Man, and the Young Folks, page 555:
    At night the men seek their several wammikins for supper, sleep and breakfast, and when the drive finally arrives at its destination, the timber of these ...
  • 1914, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language
    wammikin (wä'mi-kin), n. [Prob. from a Maine Indian dialect (Passamaquoddy?). Compare also *wanigan and *wangan, which are forms of the same word.] A raft of square timber or long logs, on which is built a shanty with cooking and sleeping facilities, used by lumbermen in Maine. Bartlett.
    [that is, in IPA: /ˈwɑ.mɪ.kɪn/]