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Eskimo devil
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a spirit or devil.
See: Torngak
Quotations
1912
We kids used to play at Newf'nlanders up in the hold, when the winter storms were tearing the tops off the hills, and the Eskimo devil howled blue shrieks outside.
1912
I wished . . . the bush didn't look so wolfy, and what if I met up with the Eskimo devil!