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moccasin telegraph

moccasin telegraph noun: an informal communication network among the native peoples in North America.

Noun

moccasin telegraph (plural moccasin telegraphs)

  1. An informal communication network among the native peoples in North America.
    • Most had refused to believe the gruesome news brought to the stockade walls by the moccasin telegraph of the Crow, Sioux and Cheyenne.2013, Terry C. Johnston, Red Cloud's Revenge
    • But I'd heard stories about them through the moccasin telegraph.2014, Edmund Metatawabin, Alexandra Shimo, Up Ghost River, →ISBN

Forms of moccasin telegraph

pluralmoccasin telegraphs

Questions about moccasin telegraph

What does moccasin telegraph mean?
Moccasin telegraph means an informal communication network among the native peoples in North America.
What part of speech is moccasin telegraph?
Moccasin telegraph is a noun.
What is the plural of moccasin telegraph?
The plural of moccasin telegraph is moccasin telegraphs.

Words near moccasin telegraph in the dictionary

  1. Moccas beetles
  2. moccasin
  3. moccasin flower
  4. moccasin flowers
  5. moccasin foot
  6. moccasin telegraph
  7. moccasin telegraphs
  8. moccasined
  9. moccasins
  10. moccasinshell
  11. moccassin

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