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PRONUNCIATION OF WOODEN INDIAN

wooden Indian  [ˈwʊdən ˈɪndɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WOODEN INDIAN

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wooden Indian 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 WOODEN INDIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

wooden Indian

Cigar store Indian

The cigar store Indian or wooden Indian is an advertisement figure, in the likeness of a Native American, used to represent tobacconists. The figures are often three-dimensional wooden sculptures several feet tall – up to life-sized. They are still occasionally used for their original advertising purpose but are more often seen as decorations or advertising collectibles.

Definition of wooden Indian in the English dictionary

The definition of wooden Indian in the dictionary is a person lacking vitality.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WOODEN INDIAN


accordion
əˈkɔːdɪən
Amerindian
ˌæməˈrɪndɪən
Barbadian
bɑːˈbeɪdɪən
Burgundian
bɜːˈɡʌndɪən
Burundian
bəˈrʊndɪən
Cambodian
kæmˈbəʊdɪən
Canadian
kəˈneɪdɪən
comedian
kəˈmiːdɪən
Gandhian
ˈɡændɪən
Gideon
ˈɡɪdɪən
guardian
ˈɡɑːdɪən
Hildebrandian
ˌhɪldəˈbrændɪən
Indian
ˈɪndɪən
median
ˈmiːdɪən
meridian
məˈrɪdɪən
nickelodeon
ˌnɪkəˈləʊdɪən
obsidian
ɒbˈsɪdɪən
odeon
ˈəʊdɪən
Scandian
ˈskændɪən
Trinidadian
ˌtrɪnɪˈdædɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WOODEN INDIAN

woodcock
woodcraft
woodcraftsman
woodcut
woodcutter
woodcutting
wooded
wooden
Wooden Horse
wooden leg
wooden nickel
wooden spoon
wooden tongue
woodenhead
woodenheaded
woodenheadedness
woodenly
woodenness
woodentop
woodenware

WORDS THAT END LIKE WOODEN INDIAN

Acadian
American Indian
Anglo-Indian
circadian
custodian
East Indian
Edwardian
English Canadian
Floridian
French Canadian
French-Canadian
Freudian
Grenadian
ophidian
Plains Indian
radian
Red Indian
status Indian
viridian
West Indian

Synonyms and antonyms of wooden Indian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wooden Indian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WOODEN INDIAN

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

Translator English - Chinese

木印
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

madera india
570 millions of speakers

English

wooden Indian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लकड़ी भारतीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خشبية الهندي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деревянный индеец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

madeira indiana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঠের ভারতীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indien en bois
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

India kayu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Holz indischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

木製のインディアン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나무 인도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kayu India
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gỗ Ấn Độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மர இந்திய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाकडी भारतीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ahşap Hint
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legno indiano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drewniana Indyjska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дерев´яний індіанець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indian din lemn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξύλινα Ινδικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hout Indiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trä indisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tre indiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wooden Indian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WOODEN INDIAN»

The term «wooden Indian» is normally little used and occupies the 125.537 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WOODEN INDIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wooden Indian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wooden Indian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wooden Indian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOODEN INDIAN»

Discover the use of wooden Indian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wooden Indian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
And One was a Wooden Indian
Believing he is cursed by a carving in the possession of white soldiers, an injured young Apache follows the troop to retrieve the object.
Betty Baker, 1970
2
Heap big wooden Indian
More important, he also believes he knows how it can be brought back. Any reader who is 35 or more can no doubt remember seeing a wooden Indian. There were once unnumbered thousands of them scattered throughout the United ...
3
The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Collection
Charley made a face. "What would you want to hear about that ugly, pushy outfit? " Changing, somewhat, his point of inquiry, Dusty asked, "Well, now, have you ever thought about the significance of the wooden Indian in American history?
Avram Davidson, Robert Silverberg, Grania Davis, 1998
4
Paddle-to-the-Sea
A toy Indian and his canoe travel from Lake Nipigon to the Atlantic Ocean.
‎1980
5
A Meal Observed
There was a big wooden cigar-shop Indian when you came in, standing there like a bouncer, and for years my image of American Indians was formed by that wooden Indian, and by the image of the aging warrior in that era's well-known ...
Andrew Todhunter, 2007
6
Sunshine: Written in the Interest of Temperance, Sunshine ...
Why, up in Hamilton, next door to the postoffice, there's a wooden Indian with three wooden feathers in his hat, a wooden head, a wooden trunk, wooden limbs, and a wooden tomahawk in one hand and a wooden bunch of cigars in the other.
Lou J. Beauchamp, 1892
7
Performance Ethnography: Critical Pedagogy and the Politics ...
Maybe he is another version of "Kaw-Liga," the wooden Indian in the Hank Williams song — the sad Indian who never smiled at the little Indian maiden next door. But Heywood Big Day is no wooden Indian. He stands in a circle of white light in ...
Norman K. Denzin, 2003
8
Westward Expansion
The Cigar Store Wooden Indian The relationship between American money and the frontier suggested by the Buffalo Nickel and Indian Head Penny point to a larger trend in which the American Indian became a regular feature in American ...
Sara E. Quay, 2002
9
Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950
Demuth's house carver from 1869 onward, and some of his wooden Indian statues are said to have been copied in zinc.6 As noted in the previous catalogue section, however, it would be a mistake to automatically attribute Demuth's Indians to ...
Carol A. Grissom, 2009
10
Viet Cong at Wounded Knee: The Trail of a Blackfeet Activist
We decided to rescue the wooden Indian. Dennis Decoteau, a revolutionary genius for subverting white kind of thinking into something we could use, proposed to write a press release to the l<Kal daily newspaper, the Missoulian, explaining ...
Woody Kipp, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOODEN INDIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wooden Indian is used in the context of the following news items.
1
PHOTO: Ottawa carver working on wooden Indian statue
Retired union laborer and hobbyist wood carver Calvin Myers works on a replica of a cigar store Indian which, he was told, was started nearly 70 years ago by a ... «The Times, Jun 15»
2
3/6: First Friday art-walk music guide for Phoenix
Wooden Indian, Treasurefruit, the Sugar Thieves and DJentrification are featured in our First Friday music guide. Sponsored by. Wooden Indian at Phoenix Art ... «azcentral.com, Mar 15»
3
Plugging into Phoenix: Bittersweet Way, Wooden Indian
Plugging into Phoenix: Bittersweet Way, Wooden Indian. The Bittersweet Way and Wooden Indian release parties are featured in our metro Phoenix local music ... «azcentral.com, Aug 14»
4
Califone, Wooden Indian, Destruction Unit, North Brother Island …
Wooden Indian didn't merely put on a concert Friday night at the Icehouse -- they created an experience, transforming the cavernous downtown Phoenix arts ... «Phoenix New Times, Mar 14»
5
Wooden Indian and Califone Obscure as Much as They Reveal
On Friday, March 21, he'll join forces with psychedelic Phoenix outfit Wooden Indian for a mini-festival at the Icehouse (the downtown venue, not to be confused ... «Phoenix New Times, Mar 14»
6
Does Neil Young practice what he preaches?
Soon Young was appearing on stage with giant wooden Indians as theatrical props. Not totem poles - no real Aboriginal artifacts. A white caricature of Indians. «Toronto Sun, Jan 14»
7
Wooden Indian - Crescent Ballroom - 1/10/13
Wooden Indian's wide array of instruments were on the stage all night; so were a series of colorful lights and light-making devices -- say, a straw chair with ... «Phoenix New Times, Jan 14»
8
10 local shows to see in January: Lymbyc Systym, Wooden Indian
Make a New Year's resolution to support local music this year, and start by checking out these 10 shows in January, including performances by Lymbyc Systym, ... «Arizona Republic, Jan 14»
9
Wooden Indian Offers a Dose of Dissociation Without the Drugs
Wally Boudway of Wooden Indian isn't sure about the word psychedelic. "I don't like it when people call our music psychedelic because I don't like the idea of ... «Phoenix New Times, Dec 13»
10
Wooden Indian, Yellow Minute - MIM Music Theater - 8/19/2013
I shouldn't have been, of course--the crowd for this particular "I Am AZ Music" show was a surprisingly cohesive mix of people who looked like Wooden Indian ... «Phoenix New Times, Aug 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Wooden Indian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wooden-indian>. May 2024 ».
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