papoose

Example Sentences

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There are women in hijabs and wearing papooses and, memorably, a man dressed as the Tardis.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2022

“The papooses catch birds and feed them,” she continued, “tame birds so they know their name, and come right to wigwam.”

From A Little Maid of Ticonderoga by Smith, Wuanita

They were many hundreds, old and young, some sick, and some lame; many had papooses at their backs.

From Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Rowlandson, Mary White

It was yet very early in the morning, and most of the braves were lying asleep inside their wigwams, dogs and papooses seeming to have matters pretty much their own way outside.

From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by Butler, William Francis

Women were sitting on the floor, some with papooses strapped to their backs.

From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.