What does papoose mean?
Papoose means (US, dated, offensive) A Native American baby..
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/pəˈpuːs/ · noun
(US, dated, offensive) A Native American baby..
[…] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […]
They say he has Indian blood in him. They say he has an Indian wife somewhere, and a lot of papooses. Cherokee.
In the empty Houston streets of four o’clock in the morning a motorcycle kid suddenly roared through, all bespangled and bedecked with glittering buttons, visor, slick black jacket, a Texas poet of the night, girl gripped on his back like a papoose, […]
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Papoose means (US, dated, offensive) A Native American baby..
Common synonyms include pappoose.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […]
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