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Wishtonwish means (US, obsolete, except perhaps in dialects) The prairie dog..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US, obsolete, except perhaps in dialects) The prairie dog..
On the twenty fourth of October, while on a short excursion from this place, Lt. Pike and Dr. Robertson, (a gentleman who accompanied the expedition,) killed some prairie squirrels, or wishtonwishes, and nine rattle snakes, […]
[…] who, it turned out, devoted all his spending money to them, asked me if I had ever seen a "wishtonwish."
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Wishtonwish means (US, obsolete, except perhaps in dialects) The prairie dog..
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On the twenty fourth of October, while on a short excursion from this place, Lt. Pike and Dr. Robertson, (a gentleman who accompanied the expedition,) killed some prairie squirrels, or wishtonwishes, and nine rattle snakes, […]
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