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- noun Plural form of
Creek .
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Examples
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Choctaw Indians, and endeavored to alienate the Cherokees and the Creeks from the English alliance, and so to divert the rich peltry trade of the
Beginnings of the American People Carl Lotus Becker 1909
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They went south and are probably the same people we know as Creeks and Cherokees.
The Trail Book Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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Today the Herter estate, known as the Creeks, is owned by cosmetics billionaire Ronald Perelman, who uses the studio — hung with huge paintings by Julian Schnabel and Donald Baechler — as a party room and screening room, complete with a popcorn machine, a candy stand, and some two dozen chaise longues, each with a cashmere throw folded on it.
Studios by the Sea Colacello, Bob 2000
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Today the Herter estate, known as the Creeks, is owned by cosmetics billionaire Ronald Perelman, who uses the studio — hung with huge paintings by Julian Schnabel and Donald Baechler — as a party room and screening room, complete with a popcorn machine, a candy stand, and some two dozen chaise longues, each with a cashmere throw folded on it.
Studios by the Sea Colacello, Bob 2000
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The Creeks are a well-known tribe of Indians on the frontiers of Georgia.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Various
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The Creeks were the lowest in civilization; but even they had become more settled and less warlike since their chastisement by Jackson in 1814.
The Reign of Andrew Jackson Ogg, Frederick A 1919
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They are said to have been called Creeks by the early traders on account of the abundance of small streams in their country.
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These two large companies now own practically the whole of what is known as the Klondike Creeks, that is, the whole of the old camp tributary to Dawson, and will operate by a comprehensive and well-organized plan.
The Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Yukon 1912
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These two large companies now own practically the whole of what is known as the Klondike Creeks, that is, the whole of the old camp tributary to Dawson, and will operate by a comprehensive and well-organized plan.
The Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Yukon 1912
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The Creeks were the lowest in civilization; but even they had become more settled and less warlike since their chastisement by Jackson in 1814.
The Reign of Andrew Jackson Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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