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Topic: BABIES

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Narragansett
Origin: papoos

papoose

 noun
     
pa‧poose [countable]
1DHB British English a type of bag attached to a frame, which you use to carry a baby on your back
2SANSSC old use a Native American baby or young child
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