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drinking gourd

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
drink-ing -gourd
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.

American usage; Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Drinking Gourd (canonical)

Synonyms

Big Dipper Charles' Wain Northern Ladle Northern Waggoner Plough Wain

Questions

What does drinking gourd mean?
A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.

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