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- noun Plural form of
skookum .
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Examples
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Likewise he'd seen the bodies of other hi-yu skookums carted around the country like they were worth something.
Flush of Gold 2010
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Indian's dread of _skookums_ (spirits) in the deep woods.
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
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Likewise he'd seen the bodies of other hi-yu skookums carted around the country like they were worth something.
Flush of Gold 1910
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Likewise he'd seen the bodies of other hi-yu skookums carted around the country like they were worth something.
Flush of Gold 1910
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Likewise he'd seen the bodies of other _hi-yu skookums_ carted around the country like they were worth something.
Lost Face Jack London 1896
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