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breed
Slang, Often Derog.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a half-breed.
See: half-breed
Quotations
1870
McDougall, he was on a Governship bent,
Whom to "boss" no one could tell;
The "breeds" in their ire said on him they'd fire
For him 'twas a regular sell, sell, sell:
He could not at Red River dwell.
McDougall, he was on a Governship bent,
Whom to "boss" no one could tell;
The "breeds" in their ire said on him they'd fire
For him 'twas a regular sell, sell, sell:
He could not at Red River dwell.
1871
It is the easiest thing in the world for a few men to . . . denounce the Cabinet and threaten to expel them, and go for the "Breeds" generally.
1956
There are, in this area, besides the Indians and whites, a considerable percentage of people with both white and Indian blood, referred to as metis, half-breeds or 'breeds.
1963
[They] referred to them [Metis] as the "breeds" and the "coyote French."