/won"i geuhn/ , n.
1. a lumberjack's trunk.
2. a lumber camp's supply chest.
3. a small house on wheels or tractor treads, used as an office or shelter in temporary lumber camps.
4. (esp. in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest) a lean-to or other small addition built onto a house trailer, cabin, etc.
Also, wangan, wangun /wang"geuhn/ , wannigan .
[ 1840-50; wa·nikka·n pit, deriv. of wa·nikke· - to dig a hole in the ground
wa·thehke· - (* wa·th- hole + *- ehke· - make) ]