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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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Examples 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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