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skookum \ SKOO-kuhm \, adjective; 1.Northwest U.S., Canada . excellent; first-rate. 2.Northwest U.S., Canada . large; powerful; impressive. Quotes: He'd have made two of Ed there, and he was a skookum man, but I whopped him some. -- Louis L'Amour, "What Gold Does to a Man," Buckskin Run , 1981 Nobody comes along and says, "Me, I'm glad. I gotta wife and kids. I'm a skookum feller. I got no trouble. I'm glad." Nobody talks like that, eh? -- Harry E. Taylor, "Eyes Can Be Inside Too," The Rotarian , February, 1945 Origin: Skookum is of Chinook origin. It entered English in the mid-1800s meaning "evil spirit." Dictionary.com