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nitchie
[ nee-chee ]
/ ˈni tʃi /
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noun Chiefly Canadian Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
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Origin of nitchie
First recorded in1785–95; from Ojibwe ni·či· “my friend,” extracted from the phrase po·žo· ni·či· “greetings, friend!”, a common salutation among men
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How to use nitchie in a sentence
Siwash, and Nitchie Scott, find enemy's horses and drift them away out of reach.
A Man in the Open|Roger PocockDuncan had upbraided me for passing out my last five-dollar bill to that hungry Nitchie, but the poor woman needed it.
The Prairie Child|Arthur Stringer