Nipmuck

[ nip-muhk ]

/ ˈnɪp mʌk /

noun, plural Nip·mucks, (especially collectively) Nip·muck.

a member of an Algonquian Indian people living in the vicinity of Worcester, Mass.

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Words nearby Nipmuck

nip and tuck, nip curn, Nipigon, nip in the bud, Nipissing, Nipmuck, nipper, nippers, nipping, nipple, nipple line

Example sentences from the Web for Nipmuck

Winslow, with the main body of the troops, advanced rapidly towards the Nipmuck country.
The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam|John Frost
Amid his countless other labors he preached the gospel to the Indians of the Nipmuck country.
Woodstock|Clarence Winthrop Bowen
The Nipmuck Indians were a powerful tribe, consisting of many petty clans spread over the whole of the interior of Massachusetts.
King Philip|John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Mendon, Mass., attacked by the Nipmuck Indians, and several persons killed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

The Nipmuck tribe, then quite powerful, occupied the region now included in the southeast corner of Worcester county.
King Philip|John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

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