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1. (n.) wanigan
a small portable house, used as an office or shelter in temporary lumber camps.
2. wanigan
(esp. in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest) a lean-to or other small addition built onto a house.
Etymology: (1840–50; < Ojibwa wa&multiplydot;nikka&multiplydot;n pit, der. of wa&multiplydot;nikke&multiplydot;- to dig a hole in the ground < Proto-Algonquian *wa&multiplydot;&thgr;ehke&multiplydot;- (*wa&multiplydot;&thgr;- hole + *-ehke&multiplydot;- make))
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