wannigan

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noun

A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.

Similar
camp boxchuck boxgrub boxpatrol box
OriginAbenaki waniigan →
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Meanings

nounwannigan (plural wannigans)

plural wannigans

  1. A box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.

    Synonyms: camp box, chuck box, grub box, patrol box

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA box, usually made of wood, used to store food on canoe or sledding trips.

Similar
camp boxchuck boxgrub boxpatrol box

Origin

  1. Abenakiwaniigan“pit trap, container for sundries”
  2. Englishwannigan

From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian).

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APA

wannigan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wannigan

MLA

“wannigan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wannigan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wannigan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wannigan.

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