wanigan

/ˈwɑnɪɡən/
noun
  1. A small chest or box used to store food, tools, or personal items, especially by loggers, campers, or travelers.
    • The logger packed his wanigan with canned beans and a spare axe.
    • She opened her wanigan to find a map and some dried fruit inside.
    • We carried a wooden wanigan full of cooking supplies on our canoe trip.
  2. A small house or shelter on wheels or skids, used by loggers as a mobile camp or kitchen.
    • After a long day of cutting trees, they slept in the wanigan.
    • The crew ate dinner in the wanigan parked near the river.
    • The old wanigan had a stove and bunks for six people.
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