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Indian coat
Fur Trade, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a gaudy garment or outfit of clothing presented to an Indian leader or "captain" (def. 2) as an inducement to trade furs.
Quotations
1785
Should have sent James Folster now had we been able any way to have spared him, he being the only one left to cook for us or the Indians the Armourer being mending the trading guns and the Indians, the Taylor making Indian Coats, and that poor helpless creature Halcrow to mind the gates.