Definition of "wanigan" [wanigan]

• New England & Upper Northern U.S. A boat or small chest equipped with supplies for a lumber camp. (noun)
• New England & Upper Northern U.S. Provisions for a camp or cabin. (noun)
• Alaska A small house, bunkhouse, or shed mounted on skids and towed behind a tractor train as eating and sleeping quarters for a work crew. (noun)
• Alaska An addition built onto a trailer house for extra living or storage space. (noun)

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• ""Ordinarily on drive we have a wanigan," said Welton."
• "Billy Camp began to worry about shooting the wanigan through the sluice-way."
• "When at last the wanigan was moored fast for the night, -- usually a mile or so below the spot planned, -- Billy Camp pushed back his battered old brown derby hat, the badge of his office, with"