Chilcat
Americannoun
plural
Chilcats,plural
ChilcatEtymology
Origin of Chilcat
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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In a good canoe, skillfully handled, you may safely sail from Victoria to Chilcat, a thousand-mile voyage frequently made by Indians in their trading operations before the coming of the whites.
From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John
The sunlight made the upper snow-fields pale creamy yellow, like that seen on the Chilcat mountains the first day of our return trip.
From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John
He held one corner of his Chilcat blanket tightly against his breast with the prayer-book, and with the other out at arm's length, swept the fringes slowly back and forth over the grave.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
And then she died, in the heart of the winter, died in childbirth, up there on the Chilcat Station.
From The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke by London, Jack
In the northwest it did not reach the Chilcat River.
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley
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