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Feb. 12, 2015

skookum \SKOO-kuhm\ adjective 1. Northwest U.S., Canada. excellent; first-rate. 2. Northwest U.S., Canada. large; powerful; impressive. Quotes He'd have made two of Ed there, and he was a skookum man, but I whopped him some. -- Louis L'Amour, "What Gold Does to a Man," Buckskin Run, 1981 Origin Skookum is of Chinook origin. It entered English in the mid-1800s meaning "evil spirit."

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