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olalliechuk
< Chinook Jargon olallie berry + chuck water
Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:olalla chuck, ollaliechuck
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a native-made wine made from berries; homebrew.
Quotations
1958
[It is] a receptacle into which during these feast-rejoicings and tribal conferences are poured many gallons of a sacred beverage dubbed "olalla chuck". . . .
1966
. . . the Indian potlatch was only a . . . heathen festival, where people gathered to feast on native food with ollaliechuck. . . .