DCHP-1 Online
skookum [< Chinook Jargon < Chahalis skukm] Pacific Coast and Northwest 
adj. powerful; strong; big; brave.
See also: hyiu-skookum skookum tumtum
- 1891 For instance he believed that a bear would hold out its paw towards a man at a distance and feel whether he was skookum brave.
- 1953 When first I hit the camp, the "Push" he says to me/ "We've got some skookum donkeys and a tough spar-tree,/ It's good level yarding out there in the brush. . . ."
- 1955 "I don't know why I gotta work hard all year and feed that skookum ugly face for nothing."
- 1965 The girls provided us with a skookum bacon and egg breakfast complete with toast and coffee.
- 1891 For instance he believed that a bear would hold out its paw towards a man at a distance and feel whether he was skookum brave.