Skookum

Word SKOOKUM
Character 7
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈskuːkəm/

Definitions and meanings of "Skookum"

What do we mean by skookum?

(chiefly among Northwest Coast Aboriginal people) An evil spirit or woodland monster or giant.

A type of doll based on the mythical woodland monster.

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The word "skookum" in example sentences

And we teach LG to use "skookum" in everyday conversation. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But he knew that Dave Walsh was a big man, worth lots of money, a hi-yu skookum chief. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Here, take the axe, shinny up the hill, and lug me down some _skookum_ dry wood." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Him say you no skookum, no strong, all the same very soft like little baby. ❋ Unknown (2010)

March 14, 2010, 3: 22 am jukeboxgrad says: skookum: ❋ Unknown (2010)

He is, Shorty exclaims, the "hi-yu skookum top chief of the whole caboodle," and the caboodle is 20,000 square miles of wilderness, home to a hundred thousand caribou hunted by a people using bone-barbed arrows and bone knives. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Actually… he sitting like that cause those cats were bred to tripod and look over tall grass. i cant remember why but i assure you hes not uncomfortable. i happen to have one. and hes never had any issues except he thinks hes a dog. mines a hybrid of this though… a skookum. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Diary of a Bluestocking: dawn chorus now available to read in skookum boom skip to main ❋ Bluestocking (2009)

Yeah, you got to look out for those skookum women, I mean, floods ... ❋ ScienceWoman (2006)

Eventually we bought a skookum new stand and Christmas was saved, no lasting harm done. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Both of these events will certainly be reflected by Hach in the store's windows; magnetizing, mesmerizing, and inspiredly skookum, as usual. ❋ Unknown (2007)

What can I add, except that a chesterfield IS a couch, and skookum means "good" or "satisfactory". ❋ Unknown (2005)

The hiyah muck-a-muck from my dad's company trailered his boat down from Cultis Lake last summer and so we got to take his skookum boat out on the salt chuck. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Dunno if you'd be interested in this for Ufies, but my bored geeky brother busted into his kids toybox and built a skookum little Linux router. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Johnny dwelt upon his worldly assets -- his saddle, his bridle, and all his skookum icties. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The cultus Indian was at Lillooet when this skookum tumtum (good thought) occurred to him. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Johnny's skookum tumtum was somewhat out of commission for a while. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

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