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coyote French
West, Slang, Derog.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a person of mixed Indian and European, especially French, parentage; half-breed.
See: Metis
Quotations
1963
[They] referred to them [métis] as the "breeds" and the "coyote French."
2
a mixture of Canadian French, Cree and, sometimes English spoken by the Métis of the older generation.
Quotations
1953
"Did you use spurs on those bronc?" his father called in his excitable Coyote French.