Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting northeast Oregon and southeast Washington.
- noun The extinct traditional language of the Cayuse, not closely related to any other.
- noun The dialect of Nez Perce spoken by the Cayuse in the 1800s and 1900s.
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- proper noun a
Native American tribe fromOregon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The winery is called Cayuse, after a Native American people in the area, but there is also the double entendre with Barons native French, cailloux, which means rocks.
A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008
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The winery is called Cayuse, after a Native American people in the area, but there is also the double entendre with Barons native French, cailloux, which means rocks.
A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008
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These latter were a Chinese cook named Algy, a Piute Indian half-breed called Cayuse, and two rare souls -- Napoleon G. Blink and
The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels
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I was riding a powerful "Cayuse" or western horse, which Captain "Rudd" Marshall, with rare good judgment, had selected for me at Valcartier.
"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie
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Shortest route probably would be Cayuse - back in the 50s there was a movement to tunnel there. blog comments powered by Disqus publicola nerds
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At least one WA representative (Betz, Cayuse, K, Royal City, something!!!) should have been included if you intended to make this comprehensive.
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Cayuse wines are also well priced; the Grenache "God Only Knows" costs $60 a bottle but could be matched against any top Ch teanueuf-du-Pape.
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It goes: Emptiness cannot be compressed, nor can it fight abuse, nor is there an endless west hosting elk, antelope and a tough Cayuse (ph).
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I followed him inside the rambling barbed wire, shaking my head and muttering “Cayuse?”
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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It goes: Emptiness cannot be compressed, nor can it fight abuse, nor is there an endless west hosting elk, antelope and a tough Cayuse (ph).
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