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☆ wicki·up (wik′ē up′)

noun

  1. a small, temporary dwelling or shelter of grass, brush, etc. over a frame, traditionally used by Indian peoples of the Great Basin and SW U.S.
  2. any crude shack or shelter

Etymology: < Fox wiikiyaapi, house: orig. referred to houses of the style of Algonquian peoples of the Great Lakes region; akin to wigwam

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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