kamikn.
/ˈkamɪk/ A long boot of sealskin worn by Eskimo peoples.See note at Eskimo n. 1.
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1891 L. Gibson Jrnl. 15 Aug. in R. E. Peary Northward over Great Ice (1898) I. iii. 109 The [Eskimo] woman made us a pair of Kamiks.
1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 297/1 Seal-skin kammiks, or top boots.
1910 R. E. Peary North Pole xiv. 128 The kamiks, or boots, of sealskin, soled with the heavier skin of the square-flipper seal.
1922 Chambers's Jrnl. 425/1 Untying the upper part of his kamik, or long boot.
1933 J. Buchan Prince of Captivity iii. 106 Their reindeer-skin kamiks had been worn into holes.
1945 D. Leechman Eskimo Summer 29 Nearly all of them [sc. Eskimo girls] were wearing sealskin kamiks, but one or two girls actually had on silk stockings and shoes with medium high heels.
1969 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 11/4 Eskimo wives stitching parkas and kamiks, or sealskin boots, which they trade at the local co-op store.
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