Chilcat
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of Chilcat
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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He was said to have stored away over one hundred of the elegant Chilcat blankets woven by hand from the hair of the mountain goat.
From Alaska Days with John Muir by Young, Samual Hall
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
We were now within a day or two of Chilcat.
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
Many wore the native Chilcat blanket of ceremony made of the hair of the mountain goat.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
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