papoose

Definition

A Native American baby.

Etymology

Borrowed from Narragansett papoos (“a child”).

Example Sentences

• "[…] a half-breed what they nicknamed "Splinters" 'cos of the way he fixed up her papoose which he stole on a raid […]"
• "They say he has Indian blood in him. They say he has an Indian wife somewhere, and a lot of papooses. Cherokee."
• "In the empty Houston streets of four o’clock in the morning a motorcycle kid suddenly roared through, all bespangled and bedecked with glittering buttons, visor, slick black jacket, a Texas poet of the night, girl gripped on his back like a papoose, […]"