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GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a line of people marching one behind another; a single row. Also used adverbially; as, to march Indian file.
  2. adj. single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.

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  1. n. a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

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  • “At the beginning of Lent, they went in Indian file from the cathedral to St-Remi, each dragging a herring after him by a thread — a symbol of the Lenten abstinence — and each trying to put his foot on the herring dragged by the next canon ahead of him.”

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

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  • paldond On March 10 was the Tibetan Uprising Day. We walked in Indian file from Cadman plaza to Chinese Consulate, 42 St Times Square. Mar 24, 2013

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