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Meaning of "moccasin telegraph" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH

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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moccasin telegraph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of moccasin telegraph in the English dictionary

The definition of moccasin telegraph in the dictionary is the transmission of rumour or secret information; the grapevine.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH

moccasin
moccasin flower
moccies
moch
mocha
mocha stone
mochie
mochila
mochiness
mock
mock examination
mock moon
mock orange
mock pennyroyal
mock sun
mock turtle soup
mock whipbird
mock-heroic
mock-serious
mock-Tudor

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH

autograph
chromolithograph
chronograph
digraph
electron micrograph
graph
ideograph
lithograph
micrograph
monograph
pantagraph
pantograph
paragraph
phonograph
photograph
pictograph
seismograph
seraph
spirograph
subgraph
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Synonyms and antonyms of moccasin telegraph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «moccasin telegraph» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH

Find out the translation of moccasin telegraph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of moccasin telegraph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moccasin telegraph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

莫卡辛电报
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

telégrafo mocasín
570 millions of speakers

English

moccasin telegraph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक प्रकार टेलीग्राफ
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التلغراف حذاء بدون كعب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мокасины телеграф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

telégrafo mocassim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোকেকসিন টেলিগ্রাফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

télégraphe mocassin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telegraf moccasin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mokassin Telegraphen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モカシン電報
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모카신 전보
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Teleskop moccasin
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

điện báo moccasin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Moccasin தந்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोकासिन तार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Moccasin telgraf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

telegrafo mocassino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mokasyny telegraf
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мокасини телеграф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

telegraf mocasin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοκασίνι τηλέγραφος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mocassin Telegraph
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moccasin telegraf
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Moccasin telegraf
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of moccasin telegraph

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH»

The term «moccasin telegraph» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.829 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about moccasin telegraph

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH»

Discover the use of moccasin telegraph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moccasin telegraph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Moccasin Telegraph and Other Indian Tales
These comical Indian tales feature Silas Ermineskin, an eighteen-year-old trickster and storyteller who has a genius for irony and a talent for trouble
W. P. Kinsella, 1994
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Moccasin Telegraph: The Indian Way
True events of Native American tribal history, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, are uniquely woven into Moccasin Telegraph, an action packed novel of romance and intrigue.
Lita Mathews, 2012
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Working in Indian Country: Building Successful Business ...
Protocol #1-"The Moccasin Telegraph " or Modern Day Networking Non-Indians are often amazed at how quickly information can travel within Native American communities, even in isolated, remote, and non-wired areas. This lightning fast ...
Larry D. Keown, 2010
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White Man's Gonna Getcha: The Colonial Challenge to the ...
Tanner, pers. comm., 10 Oct. 1999.Ornstein and Marchant 1973:ii:27. Moccasin Telegraph 1964, Winter:22; Beare 1964:30. Moccasin Telegraph 1954, December:13. hbca unclassified, Indian Affairs file, Aug. 1955. Moccasin Telegraph 1959 ...
Toby Morantz, 2002
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Red Power: The Native American Civil Rights Movement
There were charges by Indians of police brutality in Gordon, and accusations that Indians were arrested far in excess of their THE MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH The “ moccasin telegraph” is an unofficial system of communication that originated on ...
Troy R. Johnson, 2009
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Mi' Taku'Ye-Oyasin
Telegraph. Subject: Re: news from the moccasin telegraph!!! Date: 12/19/2007 2: 05:07A.M.Eastern Standard Time From: ... Hey, Moccasin telegraph saysJohnGrahamwas brought back here last week! He's sitting at the Pennington County jail .
Barbara Nixon, 2012
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Whistler's Gold
Moccasin telegraph, you know.” “Moccasin telegraph?” asked Grace. Susan laughed. “You Anglos have grapevines; us Injuns have the moccasin telegraph. That's how weknowwhat's going on,wholikes who, and what's in each other's heads, ...
Wayne Winterton, 2005
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Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940
A continual flow of news and letters permitted any information from the boarding schools to spread quickly, especially among the unparalleled grapevines of the small reservation communities. The "moccasin telegraph" was an essential news  ...
Brenda J. Child, 1998
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Eugene Landy. The Underground Dictionary, p. 134, 1971 moccasin telegraph noun passing information through rumour, gossip or the Internet us, 7908 The original meaning referred to the use of Indian people as runners to carry messages; ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Handbook of Native American Literature
... aslj]; wampum as Moccasin Maker, The (short stories),lE, IELZ—asllfi Moccasin Telegraph, The (nowhm Moccasin Telegraph and Other Indian Tales, The Modern Language Associationmm autobiography ; biograph ...
Andrew Wiget, 2013

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moccasin telegraph is used in the context of the following news items.
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James McBride's 6 favorite books
The Moccasin Telegraph by W.P. Kinsella (out of print). I love Kinsella's voice. These are wonderful stories of life on a Cree reservation in rural ... «The Week Magazine, Aug 13»
2
In face of inaction on emergency-contraception access, Native …
“We've always called it the moccasin telegraph, and it's very, very effective. ... I mean, people who don't have computers, you know, are privy to the information ... «The American Independent, Jan 13»
3
Native Americans work to escape the clutches of a diabetes epidemic
“We call it the Moccasin telegraph,” Braiuca said. “The Native community is very interconnected. It is small, but it is huge. If I put something out ... «Kansas City Star, May 12»
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Justice-as-Truth Legal Argument
Some of these in conjunction with the moccasin telegraph taught a lesson not to be forgotten to the still-surviving illiterate tribes if North ... «Dissident Voice, Apr 12»
5
Unforgettable disaster
Some records identified the man as a "Mr. Harris," but a 1959 Hudson Bay Co. newsletter Moccasin Telegraph says the clerk was Martin, and ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Mar 12»

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