Definitions
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- noun Canada, pejorative A Native North American.
Etymologies
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From Ojibwe niichii ("friend"), vocative form of niikkaaniss ("my male friend").
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Examples
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"Shtop ut!" bawled Slavin, "d'ju hear, Yorkey? ... shtoolin 'th' nitchie on tu commit a felony an 'th' like, thataways!"
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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The greenhorn is seen in a rarely heard word of Chinook ancestry, cheechako, and an Algonquian term, sometimes used for cayuse, recognizes friendship in nitchie, also rare.
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