Definition of Chinooks

1. Noun. (plural of chinook) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chinooks

1. chinook [n] - See also: chinook

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinooks

chinny
chino
chino cloth
chinoidine
chinois
chinoiserie
chinoiseries
chinoleine
chinoline
chinolines
chinone
chinones
chinook
chinook salmon
chinook wind
chinooks (current term)
chinos
chinquapin
chinquapin oak
chinquapins
chinrest
chinrests
chins
chinse
chinsed
chinses
chinsing
chinstrap
chinstrap penguin
chinstrap penguins

Literary usage of Chinooks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... Matrimonial Notions among the chinooks — The Bringing Home of the Bride — A Managing Father-in-Law — Arrival of Mr. Hunt at Astoria. ..."

2. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... the One-eyed Chieftain — An Aristocracy of Flatheads— Hospitality among the chinooks ... chinooks ..."

3. Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America by Emmanuel Domenech (1860)
"HUTS OF THE chinooks. DWELLINGS OF THE PAWNEES AND THE NATCHEZ. PUEBLOS OF NEW MEXICO. FORTIFIED VILLAGES. MOST of the field-labour is done by the Indian ..."

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