medicine bag
medicine bag noun: a small pouch holding sacred items, worn by some indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Noun
medicine bag (plural medicine bags)
- A small pouch holding sacred items, worn by some indigenous peoples of the Americas.
- I thought I might be unlucky for them, because the spirits took away my medicine bag.1952, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Unbeliever; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 35
Forms of medicine bag
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Questions about medicine bag
- What does medicine bag mean?
- Medicine bag means a small pouch holding sacred items, worn by some indigenous peoples of the Americas.
- What part of speech is medicine bag?
- Medicine bag is a noun.
- What is the plural of medicine bag?
- The plural of medicine bag is medicine bags.
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