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pup
Esp. Yukon
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a small tributary stream of a creek.
Quotations
1897
The Bonanza was panning out nearly as richly as its "pups."
1942
Finally we reached our claim. It was at a point where a ravine, or "pup" as they called it up North, called Caribou, formed an intersection with Dominion Creek.
1958
They had little faith in their property, but on an impulse they walked up the pup in a group and sank their pans into the sand.