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单词 squaw
释义
squawsquaw /skwɔː $ skwɒː/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsquaw
Origin:
1600-1700 Narragansett squaws ‘woman’
Examples
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  • But the mention of Oxford in no way deterred the squaw, as intended.
  • Melanie started wearing her hair in stiff plaits, in the manner of a squaw.
  • Somehow, this woman - this squaw - seemed immense and, because immense, threatening.
  • Spotted Eagle's squaw, Vicky, spends hundreds of hours sewing on 180,000 beads on to each outfit.
  • The squaw turned head and shoulder and looked at her.
old use a word for a Native American woman, now usually considered offensive
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