papoose
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Narragansett papoos (“child”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pəˈpuːs/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
papoose (plural papooses)
- (US, dated, offensive) A Native American baby.
- 1893, Bram Stoker, "The Squaw"
- […] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […]
- 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 8, in On the Road, Viking Press, OCLC 43419454, part 2:
- In the empty Houston streets of four o’clock in the morning a motorcycle kid suddenly roared through, all bespangled and bedecked with glittering buttons, visor, slick black jacket, a Texas poet of the night, girl gripped on his back like a papoose, […]
- 1893, Bram Stoker, "The Squaw"
- (UK) A backpack for carrying a baby, or specifically a cradleboard.
Coordinate terms
- squaw
- buck
Derived terms
- papoose root
- pooseback