skookum
/ˈskuːkəm/
adjective
- Strong, powerful, or excellent; used especially in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada.
- That's a skookum boat you've got there—it can handle any weather.
- He felt skookum after finishing the long hike.
- The skookum new bridge was built to last for decades.
- Reliable, trustworthy, or of good quality.
- We need a skookum mechanic to fix this old truck.
- Her advice is always skookum; you can count on it.
- This is a skookum brand of camping gear.
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