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wanigann. Origin: A borrowing from Ojibwa. Etymon: Ojibwa waanikaan Etymology: < Ojibwa waanikaan excavated hole, pit (e.g. for storage) < waanike to dig a hole ( < waan- hole + -ike to make) + -n, suffix forming nouns from verbs. North American. 1. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > boat for storing provisions society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > raft > types of raft 1848 J. R. Bartlett Wangan (Indian.) In Maine, a boat for carrying provisions. 1868 Mar. 421/1 Behind each regiment of logs, follows the ‘wangan’—a small boat or barge with a canvas awning stretched over it, and carrying the cook..and supplies. 1902 S. E. White xlv. 324 Outside the cook and cookee were stowing articles in the already loaded wanigan. 1945 F. J. Fugina 221 Wanigans were small flatboats, built of natural crook knees and planked lengthwise. 1957 1 June 1/1 Three wanegans, a floating mess hall and cook shack, and six drive camps are maintained to keep the wood moving. 1998 89 166/1 (caption) Two floating wanigans ready for the log drive. the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > supplies 1889 F. H. Eckstorm Jrnl. 21 Aug. in (1949) Dec. 497 The driving boats run over after taking out the wangun. 1907 Jan. 2/1 Now load up with the bundles and boxes, the tent,..the provisions—all that stuff that is known as ‘duffel’ in New York, and ‘butins’ in French Canada and ‘wangan’ in Maine. 1942 L. D. Rich vii. 183 The cook may say, ‘I lost my wangan when the work boat swamped’, and that means that his dishes are at the bottom of the lake. 1967 R. E. Pike 123 A few dozen [horses] transported the C.V.L. rivermen's wangan (the tents, stoves, blankets, and other impedimenta needed by the men) down on the drive. society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > chest 1895 T. Roosevelt Let. 3 Aug. in 5 Aug. 6/5 Besides ‘wangan’, the Maine and Minnesota lumbermen use ‘wanigan’ as a name for the big chest in which the men keep their spare clothes and a few personal belongings. 1910 F. W. Hodge II. 910/1 Wanigan... A large chest in which the lumbermen of Maine and Minnesota keep their spare clothing, pipes, tobacco, etc. 1991 R. Kimber 8 A wanigan used only to carry kitchen utensils doesn't have to be waterproof, and so the simple wooden box is quite adequate to the task. 1999 May 39/1 The wanigans come in medium size at £180 and large at £195, traditional canoe storage boxes shaped at the bottom to fit into the boat. 2015 (Nexis) 6 Apr. a6 Great Spirit Canoes also makes..wanigans to store supplies inside a canoe. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > camp or encampment > [noun] > type of 1890 2 Nov. Jones has worked four months at $30 per month, his wanigan bill is $15. 1942 L. D. Rich vii. 184 There is a sign in the bunk-house that reads, ‘Wangan open an hour after supper’. That refers to the store where the cook sells candy, tobacco, snuff, and clothing. 1961 74 2 He used to be wangan man up in the woods there, and he'd watch camp and tote-teams. 2009 J. Irving xiv. 452 Ketchum had made coffee the way old-timers did in the wanigans. 3. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of 1937 16 Feb. 7/4 Because he didn't have a blade on his ‘Cat’ he made only 42 miles up the trail... He was dragging a wanigan and two bob sleds heavily laden with mining machinery. 1949 June 303/2 The industry is based no longer in isolated logging camps, with lonely men living in ‘wannigans’ dragged through the forests on sled-like runners. 1966 20 Feb. 7/3 While sleeping in a wanigan, a hut on sleds, I was awakened..by native children shouting. 1979 C. Kilian xii. 211 We'll have to build some wanigans that'll fit on the sledges. Otherwise we'll never be able to shelter everybody. 2017 (Nexis) 10 Jan. (Final ed.) a3 In addition to the sleds, Otaco also designed and produced..the ‘wanigans,’ which were mobile shelters to be outfitted for sleeping, storage or eating, complete with stove-top and oven facilities. 1951 1 May 7/3 (advt.) Streamlined 18 ft. trailer. 16x7 ft. wanigan and storm front attached. 1971 26 Aug. (advt.) Sell or rent—10x40 2 bedroom mobile home. Utility wanigan w/washer dryer. 2003 Nov. 60/2 There is no building code to follow. If you want to live in a trailer initially and add on a wannigan, no problem. Compoundssociety > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > receptacle for stowing cargo > for small supplies 1878 14 June We glean the following particulars of the wreck of the large wangan boat belonging to the Mississippi River Logging Co., from Mike McDonough. 1907 June 19 An ancient Wangan-chest, relic of his father's river-days. 1908 S. E. White xv. 131 The ground had now hardened so that a wanigan boat was unnecessary. Instead, the camp outfit was transported in wagons. 1984 28 62/1 Wanigan boxes were emptied..and pioneer families bought supplies for the coming season. 2003 Mar. 24/3 One canoe team could always carry the tundra tarp, wanigan box, and saw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1848 |
