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• Indian

  ·noun A native or inhabitant of India. II. Indian ·adj Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian cor...

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• File

  ·noun A roll or list. II. File ·noun A shrewd or artful person. III. File ·vt To smooth or polish ...

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• file

  A pick pocket. To file; to rob or cheat. The file, or bungnipper, goes generally in company with two...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• file

  Originally a string of soldiers one behind the other, though in the present formation of British tro...

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• East Indian

  ·- Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. II. East Indian ·noun A native of, or a dweller i...

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• West Indian

  ·- Belonging or relating to the West Indies. II. West Indian ·- A native of, or a dweller in, the W...

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• indian bed

  An Indian bed of clams is made by setting a number of clams together on the ground with the hinge up...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian giver

  When an Indian gives anything, he expects an equivalent in return, or that the same thing may be giv...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian meal

  Meal made from Indian corn. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian summer

  A period of warm weather late in autumn, when it is said, the Indians go hunting to supply themselve...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian ink

  Properly Chinese; compounded of a peculiar lamp-black and gum. ...

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• indian ocean

  The great Oriental Ocean. ...

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• File closer

  ·add. ·- A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear of a line, or on the flank of ...

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• file cloy

  A pick pocket. To file; to rob or cheat. The file, or bungnipper, goes generally in company with two...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• rum file

  See rum diver. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• file-fish

  n. name given in NewZealand to the fish Monacanthus rudis, Richards, family Sclerodermi; in New Sou...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bulk and file

  Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• buttock and file

  A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• file off, to

  To march off to a flank by files, or with a very small front. ...

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• rank and file

  This word includes corporals as well as privates, all below sergeants. (See file.) ...

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