From a Native American word which was an onomatopoeic representation of the animals' cry.
wishtonwish (plural wishtonwishes)
(US, obsolete, except perhaps in dialects) The prairie dog.
Source: Wiktionary
Wish"ton*wish, n. Etym: [Probably of American Indian origin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The prairie dog.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
