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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pot·latch /ˈpɑtˌlæʧ/
 冬節

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pot·latch n.
 1. Among the Kwakiutl, Chimmesyan, and other Indians of the northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial distribution by a man of gifts to his own and neighboring tribesmen, often, formerly, to his own impoverishment. Feasting, dancing, and public ceremonies accompany it.
 2.  Hence, a feast given to a large number of persons, often accompanied by gifts. [Colloq., Northwestern America]
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