papoose

Example Sentences

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It contained a lot of little garments of blanket stuff, as they used to make them for the pappooses among her people in the far North.

From The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)

All this was beyond me, and I told him so, and we parted good friends, while he shook his long head and went home to feed many pappooses.

From Erema — My Father's Sin by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

A swing, a boost, a hitch or two, and our pappooses, our constant companions, are with us till we make camp, seven hours or more later.

From At Plattsburg by French, Allen

There were no sleepy ones except the pappooses, and they could sleep under the tightly-drawn blankets upon the backs of their mothers as well as anywhere else.

From Two Arrows A Story of Red and White by Stoddard, William Osborn

A great concourse of dusky figures, men, and women, and pappooses were gathered at a safe distance watching with awe the riot of that terror which haunted their lives.

From The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon by Cullum, Ridgwell