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potlatch

noun /pɑtlætʃ/ 2 syllables 8 letters Scrabble 15 WWF 17
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noun

a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment)

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