baggataway

noun

bag·​gat·​a·​way

variants or less commonly bagataway

bəˈgatəˌwā

plural -s

: a Canadian Indian game from which lacrosse developed

Word History

Etymology

of Algonquian origin

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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