DCHP-2
prairie-land DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 n.
the region of the prairie (def. 2a).
See also: prairie (def. 2a) Prairies (def. 1)
- 1873 (1904) A horse, a flint gun, some white cloth and beads, could purchase the hand and heart of the fairest squaw in Prairie land.
- 1887 . . . the Hudson's Bay Company . . . laid claim to the vast prairieland. . . .
2 n. — Attributive use.
the grassy plains of Western Canada collectively.
See also: prairie (def. 2b)
- 1913 (1965) Softly the shadows of prairie-land wheat / Ripple and riot adown to her feet. . . .
- 1873 (1904) A horse, a flint gun, some white cloth and beads, could purchase the hand and heart of the fairest squaw in Prairie land.