skookum

1. (chiefly British Columbia, Yukon, Northwestern US) Excellent, impressive.British-ColumbiaNorthwesternUSYukon

2. (chiefly British Columbia, Yukon, Northwestern US) Big, strong, durable, reliable, trustworthy, doughty.Examples: "The electrics were fine (amazing considering Joseph Lucas, the Prince of Darkness made 'em), although they were positive ground - admittedly not a serious problem unless you wanted to add electrical accessories - and mostly we didn't in those days unless you had a Hardly Dangerous "garbage wagon". (This was probably cuz the Harley was the only bike with a skookum enough electrical system for the load.)"; "There was a young, bold freight trainman here who tried using one of his steel-toed boots as a wheel chock. Not quite skookum enough, though. He lost a big part of his foot."; "I am also configuring for the 18m tip extension, so whatever I do to the winglet attach will need to be skookum enough for the extension."British-ColumbiaNorthwesternUSYukon

1. (chiefly among Northwest Coast Aboriginal people) An evil spirit or woodland monster or giant.