tupik

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Eleven of us crowded into the tupek and slept there that night. 

From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon

At twelve o’clock a halt was made at an Eskimo tupek for dinner.

From The Long Labrador Trail by Wallace, Dillon

One day late that fall Dr. Grenfell found Pomiuk lying helpless and naked upon the rocks near the tupek of the Eskimo who had taken him in.

From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Wallace, Dillon

In summer he lived with his father and mother in a skin tent, or tupek, and in winter in a snow igloo, or iglooweuk.

From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Wallace, Dillon

And somewhere, back there, camped in his tupek, was his father.

From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Wallace, Dillon