Passamaquoddy
noun
a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
Passamaquoddies
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pluralof Passamaquoddy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With an assist from Tribal Assets, the Passamaquoddies paid $16 million for New England's largest cement factory, the Dragon Cement plant in Thomaston, Me.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Maine the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies, who once demanded 12 million acres, or two-thirds of the state, have come down to 300,000 acres, and may well settle for less.
From Time Magazine Archive
The beneficent being whose deeds are generally superhuman, and who figures in many heroic tales of the Passamaquoddies.
From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Clairvoyance is called by the Passamaquoddies Meelah bi give he.
From Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland
The Passamaquoddies often end a story by the words which, being translated, mean "this is the end."
From Contribution to Passamaquoddy Folk-Lore by Jesse Walter Fewkes
