Definition of "teepee" [teepee]

• Variant of tepee. (noun)

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• "But after the betrothal, a teepee is erected for the presents that pour in from both sides."
• "Yet during the following ten years of defensive war he was never known to make a speech, though his teepee was the rendezvous of the young men."
• "The young woman is set apart under the care of two of her friends, somewhat older, and a little wigwam, called a teepee, just big enough for the three, is made for them, to which they retire."