| 单词 | medicine line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmedicine line medicine line n. chiefly historical (originally among North American Indians) the border between Canada and the United States, esp. from Ontario westwards. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > border between Canada and U.S. medicine line1910 1910 A. L. Haydon Riders of Plains 95 The Indians..called the International Boundary the ‘Medicine Line’, assuming that in the absence of any agreement between the two Governments relative to this crime, they were perfectly safe on one side of the line with regard to what had been done on the other. 1959 N. Sluman Blackfoot Crossing 33 Crowfoot says that the border—the medicine line—protects his people from the Long Knives. 1993 Vancouver Sun 31 Dec. a14 Check the stats and you find that south of the medicine line, 74 per cent of American women and 53 per cent of men would rather make money than make love. < as lemmas |
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