DCHP-2
'Skimo Skimau Slang DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a member of a large group of North American aborigines inhabiting the Arctic and northern coastal areas from Greenland to Siberia.
See also: Eskimo (def. 1) Suckemo 'Skim
- 1817 [Esquimaux, or Skimaux, is an expression of the Cree and other inland Indians, signifying "eaters of raw flesh" and they have bestowed this appellation on the maritime Indians, in contempt, as there has always been a most deadly hatred between them.]
- 1956 "[The] bird-watchers . . . used to rush out of the tents with nets, and the 'skimo kids would all look at them and shout: 'Clazy! Clazy!' Before they was through they had all the 'skimos working for them, too."
- 1817 [Esquimaux, or Skimaux, is an expression of the Cree and other inland Indians, signifying "eaters of raw flesh" and they have bestowed this appellation on the maritime Indians, in contempt, as there has always been a most deadly hatred between them.]