wigwam shanty

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a temporary dwelling built by white men in the bush.

See: wigwam ((n.))(def. 2)

Quotations

1829

When night drew on, two of the axe-men were sent off to rig the wigwam shanty by the side of the swamp.