DCHP-2
whisky trader Esp. West, Hist. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a person trading or selling whisky, especially as an illicit business, to the Indians.
See also: free trader (def. 2b) keg angel whisky peddler whisky rancher whisky runner whisky smuggler
- 1802 The chiefs of the Grand River Indians at a late meeting, taking into consideration the consequences of whisky traders coming among their nations, have resolved that no indulgence for that purpose shall be given.
- 1859 The other day a whiskey trader entered Sooke harbor, and stopped near a fishing station and enquired if they were Boston men.
- 1910 Few Indians were proof against the wiles of the illicit whisky traders.
- 1965 By the middle of the nineteenth century the trail was being used by beaver trappers and wolfers, by gold seekers and missionaries and whisky-traders.
- 1802 The chiefs of the Grand River Indians at a late meeting, taking into consideration the consequences of whisky traders coming among their nations, have resolved that no indulgence for that purpose shall be given.