klootchman
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of klootchman
C19: from Chinook Jargon, from Nootka hlotssma woman, wife
Example Sentences
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"It is a beautiful story, klootchman," I said, "and I feel a cruel delight that your men of magic punished the people for their ill-choice."
From Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson
There we were, then, entirely alone, so far as we could tell, many miles from any one but Jim and his klootchman.
From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Edward Roper
"It is a beautiful story, klootchman," I said, "and I feel a cruel delight that your men of magic punished the people for their ill choice."
From Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson
"Not a horse, Tillie—a klootchman kiuatan," corrected the student of Chinook; "If you are going to live out here, you must learn the language of the hills."
From Told In The Hills by Marah Ellis Ryan
A klootchman we had not noticed before looked up, and said mournfully, "No," it was her "little woman."
From Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California by Caroline C. Leighton
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