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potlatch

8 letters · noun · scores 2,200 in SpellHuntr

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)

Potlatch in a sentence

That night there was a grand wedding and a potlach; so that for two days to follow there was no fishing done by the village.

He was a Chilkaht chief, and it being New Year's day, he had been to General Davis's house and "potlatched" (treated) to a bottle of whiskey.

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