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wanigan [< Algonk.; cf. Abnaki waniigan trap; container for odds and ends]

• 1a n. Lumbering See 1935 quote.

• 1b n. Lumbering See quote.

• 1c n. Lumbering a store operated by a logging company; commissary.

  See also: van ((n.)) (def. 1)  

• 2 n. Lumbering See quote.

• 3 n. Lumbering a scow or raft equipped to accommodate loggers while engaged in a drive (def. lb).

  See also: drive ((v.)) (def. 1b)  wangan (boat)  

• 4a n. North a type of dwelling on runners having some of the functions of a modern house-trailer.

  See also: caboose (def. 4b)  

• 4b n. North a bunkhouse and cook-house on bobs, or runners, serving the needs of the crew on a cat-train or other group of vehicles. Also spelled wanegan, wangan, wannegan, wannigan, etc.

  See also: caboose (def. 5a)  

• 5 n. a warm, short laced boot.