siwash

siwash
I. \\ˈsīˌwȯsh, -wäsh\ noun (-es)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Chinook Jargon, from French sauvage savage, from Middle French — more at savage
1. Northwest : american indian — usually used disparagingly
2. : the jargon used by and in talking with Siwashes
II. verb (-ed/-ing/-es)
Usage: sometimes capitalized
1. Northwest : to live or do things like a Siwash — often used with it

siwash it in some cabin up on the flats

2. Northwest : to camp or travel with little or no equipment : rough it

siwashing up there by the head of the ravine — Alaska Sportsman

— often used with it
: to do (something) in a slipshod manner; especially : to haul (logs) so as to sideswipe trees and stumps
III. noun (-es)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Siwash, fictional college in stories by George Fitch died 1915 American author
: a small usually inland college that is notably provincial in outlook

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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