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Sauk

noun \ˈsȯk\
plural Sauk or Sauks or Sac or Sacs

Definition of SAUK

:  a member of an American Indian people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin

Variants of SAUK

Sauk or Sac \ˈsak, ˈsȯk\
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Origin of SAUK

short for Saukie, Saki, from American French saki, from Ojibwa osa·ki·, or a cognate Algonquian word
First Known Use: 1722

Rhymes with SAUK

auk, balk, calk, caulk, chalk, gawk, hawk, Koch, squawk, stalk, talk, walk

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