DCHP-3

wood island

trans. of islet de bois, q.v.
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See bluff (def. 3a) 1957 quote.

See: bluff,islet de bois(def. 3a)

Quotations

1871
It [Red River country] is a vast prairie dotted here and there at intervals of about 10 or 15 miles with what are called Wood Islands.