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teepee
[ tee-pee ]
noun
- a tent of the American Indians, made usually from animal skins laid on a conical frame of long poles and having an opening at the top for ventilation and a flap door.
teepee
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noun
- a variant spelling of tepee
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of teepee1
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Example Sentences
Flanking a path, perhaps, a row of them forms âa phalanx of vine-covered teepees.â
The lavvu, a traditional SĂĄmi structure that resembles a teepee or a tent, is insulated with reindeer skins, and in the center, on a floor of twigs, a hearth.
In one, adorable young children performing âThe Nine Days of Thanksgivingâ are made to list the many things, like âsix Native teepees,â that Indians âgaveâ the Pilgrims.
At the Dakota Access protest, Braunâs teepee was the first to go up at what became Oceti Sakowin camp at Standing Rock.
Hides for clothing and teepees, bones for tools and weapons, horns for ladles, hair for rope â a steady supply of bison was fundamental.
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