pemmican

Definitions


[ˈpɛmɪk(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a pressed cake of pounded dried meat mixed to a paste with melted fat and other ingredients, originally made by some Indigenous peoples of North America and later adapted by Arctic explorers


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Origin:
from Cree pimecan, from pime ‘fat’




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