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totem pole
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context sculpture English) Native American sculpture made by carving trees.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Here I was, the last guy on the totem pole . ▪ The totem pole was created by two local carvers.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved on poles, posts, or pillars with symbols or figures made from large trees, mostly western red cedar , by indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America (northwestern United States and Canada's ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Totem pole \To"tem pole\ or Totem post \To"tem post\ A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock.
Usage examples of totem pole.
She looked small and perky sitting in a big chair and she held one of Uncle Tim's small totem pole carvings in her hand.
I saw a giant Totem Pole with a well-built frame house at its base.
If I make a totem pole with the old images, they'll look at it and smile politely and say how quaint it is, how charming.
I lit a cigarette and blew the match out and flicked it at the glass eye of the totem pole.
I stuffed her belongings into my pockets and went over behind the totem pole thing.
For several moments, Pitt stared in rapt fascination at the totem pole.
Then I tried to get at the back of the camera in the totem pole, to get the plate, but couldn't find the catch right away.
And perhaps most important, you never once made any puns about Agparak's personal totem pole.
She was looking intently at the carving of a totem pole and apparently not for the first time, for her tattoos were done in much the same style.
I looked down, an damn if it ain't the head of the big ole totem pole from Alaska I had sent him.
The woman was looking at a totem pole dominated by aof an orca, head down and tail up, dorsal finhorizontally out of the pole and evidently carved from apiece of wood.
Al Waterman looked like an ancient totem pole, tall and bone-limn, his craggy face the faded tan color of weathered wood.
But awful hard work, so every day I take 4 quart pail of beer to totem pole factory so I can rest my mind once in a while.