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papoose bag
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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among certain Indian tribes, a kind of bag that is laced in front and sometimes attached to a cradle-board, used for carrying a baby and so called because the bag is lined with dry moss, which serves as a diaper. [See picture at cradle- board.]
Quotations
1957
She was dressed for a journey and over her back was little David in a papoose bag.