Wig|wam

Wig|wam
wig|wam «WIHG wom, -wm», noun.
1. a) a hut used especially by the Algonkian Indians of the eastern woodlands of North America, made of bark, mats, or skins laid over a frame of poles. b) any hut of poles covered with bark, mats, or skins, made by North American Indians, such as the tepee.
2. U.S. Obsolete. a large structure used for political conventions.
╂[American English < Algonkian (compare Abnaki wigwâm a dwelling)]
Wig|wam «WIHG wom, -wm», noun.
= Tammany Hall. (Cf. ↑Tammany Hall)

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