old squaw

American  

Or oldsquaw

noun

1. a sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, of Arctic and subarctic regions.

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old squaw British  

noun

1. Also called: oldwife. a long-tailed northern sea duck, Clangula hyemalis, having dark wings and a white-and-brown head and body

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Etymology

Origin of old squaw

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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Example Sentences

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old squaw

The flowers were gone; the birds flocked in great clouds, and among them were eider and old squaw ducks that kept to the rivers and beaches except when they migrated south.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Fainter grew his breath from pain, the watching soldiers Motioned her away, she turned from them in silence, Followed by the old squaw, glided from the cabin.

From Pocahontas. A Poem by Virginia Carter Castleman

Hugh stopped before an old squaw and picked up a pair of large mittens with gauntlet attachments.

From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis

How they fought and how they were united, How the Powhatan his mighty rule extended— All these things the old squaw told the maiden.

From Pocahontas. A Poem by Virginia Carter Castleman

He had hardly disappeared, when the old squaw pushed aside the home-made doorway of her strange dwelling, and looked curiously in the direction of the noises.

From The Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams

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