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1. A native American baby or a very young child: "While on holiday in New Mexico, Susan suddenly saw an Indian mother take her cute little papoose into her arms, giving it a kiss and a hug."
2. A bag, formed like a pouch, which is used to carry an infant and worn on the the mother's back: "Jane wanted so much to find an Indian doll wearing a papoose for her little daughter!"
3. Etymology: from Algonquian, Narragansett papoòs, "child" or "very young".
2. A bag, formed like a pouch, which is used to carry an infant and worn on the the mother's back: "Jane wanted so much to find an Indian doll wearing a papoose for her little daughter!"
3. Etymology: from Algonquian, Narragansett papoòs, "child" or "very young".
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