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giddee [origin unknown] Northwest 
n. a breed of dog used by certain Athabascan Indians as a draft animal.
See also: bear dog geddie giddé Indian dog Siwash dog
- 1905 (1954) The well-bred English horse detained at Fort Severn . . . ran eagerly for his dinner of goose-bones, but I never knew him to dine off a coat, as a "giddee", or Indian dog did, at a way--camp of mine in 1824. The odd fact . . . was that the dog ate the coat off his master's back while he slept.
- 1958 Meat of a young bear was a welcome change or, if nothing else, "giddee" or Indian dog was variety for the menu.
- 1905 (1954) The well-bred English horse detained at Fort Severn . . . ran eagerly for his dinner of goose-bones, but I never knew him to dine off a coat, as a "giddee", or Indian dog did, at a way--camp of mine in 1824. The odd fact . . . was that the dog ate the coat off his master's back while he slept.