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Definition of Kamiks
1. kamik [n] - See also: kamik
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kamiks
Literary usage of Kamiks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tenderfoot with Peary by George Borup (1911)
"If the sun was shining, the kamiks and sheepskin socks were hung up and we'd have
dry ones to put on in the morning. If not, then they went on wet. ..."
2. With Peary Near the Pole by Eivind Astrup (1898)
"... sealskin kamiks, a pilgrimage of pain. We did our best to correct this by
putting all sorts of things between our feet and the soles of our boots, ..."
3. A Reader for the Fourth Grade by Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks (1910)
"keep plenty warm in good kamiks. No cold, you wait, me see. ... The little girl,
a child of three years, had on short, white leather kamiks ..."
4. A Fourth Reader by Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks (1911)
"keep plenty warm in good kamiks. No cold, you wait, me see." Mother teases me by
saying that he said, " You plenty bad now," and not " plenty big "; but I ..."
5. Eskimo Life by Fridtjof Nansen (1894)
"Trousers of sealskin, or of European cloth, are worn upon the legs ; on the feet
a peculiar sort of shoes, kamiks, made of sealskin. ..."
6. The First Crossing of Greenland by Fridtjof Nansen (1897)
"He had on ' kamiks,' the peculiar Eskimo boots, and no covering for the head
except a few strings of beads." Here my entry describing this strange meeting ..."
7. The First Crossing of Greenland by Fridtjof Nansen (1906)
"He had on ' kamiks,' the peculiar Eskimo boots, and no covering for the head
except a few strings of beads." Here my entry describing this strange meeting ..."
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