laplander
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Toward the end of the book a Laplander lands in his lap.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of them eventually returned to Lapland, but one Laplander settled in Seattle, married an American girl and became a very successful banker!
From Time Magazine Archive
Andy Bahr is a tough, squat, nut-brown little Laplander who is reputed to know more about reindeer than any man in the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Laplander wore a fur shirt; Eskimo women wore blouses of walrus skin.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
While he is thus venting his fury, the Laplander, who is generally a good marksman, reloads his gun, and usually destroys him at the second shot; if not, the bear in most cases runs away.
From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
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