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Recent Examples of wickiup
Part tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun.
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Popular Science, 28 May 2020
The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.
—Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Popular Science, 28 May 2020
The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.
—Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wickiup
Noun
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Other kinds of algorithms underlie the repeating sequences of bent wood arcs that make up Native American wigwams, canoes and cradles.—
Audrey G. Bennett,
The Conversation,
10 Aug. 2023
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives a miniature wigwam at a Boy Scout camp in New York State in 1933.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
19 Apr. 2023
Noun
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My favorite hut is Zealand, because the wood-burning stove keeps the bunks toasty on chilly nights.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
12 Mar. 2025
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In December 2024, the brand opened a cute hut that could have been plucked out of a Disney cartoon on the beach of the St. Regis Kanai Resort in Riviera Maya.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ginny Wiley, now in her 80s, grew up in her grandfather’s store, a wooden shack called Wiley’s Bait and Tackle, and took it over decades later.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
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This island leans more rural, with a heavy agriculture presence and a few bonafide seafood shacks.—
Kayleigh Ruller,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The school’s rodeo grounds are pocked with prairie dog holes, and roads to the mobile home park and hogans that house employees are mostly unpaved.—
Matt Krupnick,
ProPublica,
14 Oct. 2024
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The Navajo elder lives in a hogan, a traditional home, built for him by neighbors in Wide Ruins, a remote town of 175 people in northeastern Arizona, about 250 miles from Phoenix.—
Alex Rhoades,
NBC News,
3 Jan. 2024
Noun
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His drug crackdown killed thousands; many of the victims were young men from impoverished shanty towns, shot by police and rogue gunmen as part of a campaign to target dealers.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Some shanties are nylon and collapsible while others are wooden and metal structures akin to a small shed.—
Brian Kaiser,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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An adventurous death trip that will magically drive them both from their hovel to the wild mountains and up to New York, from suffocating reality to absolute freedom.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Well nuclear is back, because AI needs it, not because peasants risk freezing in their hovels.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The responding officer, recognizing the man in the shed as Miller, told him his father was worried about him and offered him a ride home in his squad car.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Underrated Spots to Find Shed Antlers All of the spots listed above are excellent areas to find sheds.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Strikes across Gaza pounded homes, sparked fires in a tent camp outside the southern city of Khan Younis and hit at least one school-turned-shelter.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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There are a lot of places to camp in the Ocala National Forest, but Alexander Springs Campground offers a peaceful retreat with direct access to one of Florida’s most beautiful first-magnitude springs.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
19 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Wickiup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wickiup. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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