Etymology

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Today it means: A box-like container made from birch-bark, especially one in which sugar is stored. Full definition →

Algonquian
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  1. Algonquian · borrowed from
  2. English todaymocuck

From an Algonquian language, probably Ojibwe makak (“semi-rigid container, birch bark basket, box”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.