| 单词 | wampum collar |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswampum collar C1. General attributive, as wampum bead, wampum collar, wampum shell, etc. ΚΠ 1768 C. Beatty Jrnl. Two Months' Tour 32 Mr. Gibson..recommended us to one of the chiefs by a letter and a string of wampum beads. 1845 Southern & Western Mag. & Rev. Oct. 256 The wampum girdle which belted his waist. 1932 Collier's 9 Jan. 40/1 Wampum shells circulated readily among the North American Indians. 1962 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 75 290 The daughter or niece spends hours visiting the corpse and receives in one instance a wampum bracelet in token of paternity. 2004 C. J. Jaenen in P. L. Fleming et al. Hist. of Bk. in Canada I. i. 15 They presented her with a wampum collar recording their fidelity. < as lemmas |
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