Chilcat
Americannoun
plural
Chilcats,plural
ChilcatEtymology
Origin of Chilcat
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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I had met several prospectors who had been as far as Chilcat at the head of Lynn Canal, who told wonderful stories about the great glaciers they had seen there.
From Travels in Alaska by Muir, John
With a swift movement his hand slipped beneath the Chilcat blanket.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett
Wall, from what I hearn tell when I'm over at the Chilcat Cannery, Chief, you may get a chance to see a white woman at Katleean purty soon.
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
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
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