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- noun Mingo is a
polysynthetic language of the Northern Iroquoian language family. It was once spoken across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. At present, fewer than five fluent speakers of Mingo remain, but there has been increasing interest in recent years in revitalizing the language.
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Examples
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MINGO, IA --- A former city clerk of Mingo has been charged with theft after she allegedly stole more than $10,000 and falsified documents to cover up the thefts.
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She won by 88% in Mingo Co., 84% in Logan Co., and 80% in Wyoming Co: all in the sw right next to Kentucky.
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Him was name Mingo, and after slavery him and all us take de name, de secon 'name, Davis, and I's here today, Jesse Davis.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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"A Mingo is a Mingo, and God having made him so, neither the Mohawks nor any other tribe can alter him", he said, when he had regained his former position.
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"A Mingo is a Mingo, and God having made him so, neither the Mohawks nor any other tribe can alter him," he said, when he had regained his former position.
The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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"A Mingo is a Mingo, and God having made him so, neither the Mohawks nor any other tribe can alter him," he said, when he had regained his former position.
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Those of you who missed that episode of The Tonight Show: Ames played the character "Mingo," on the Fess Parker Daniel Boone show.
Tell 'Em Groucho Sent You Steve Perry 2007
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He was the son of a French man, who was adopted by the Oneidas, but he always claimed kin to the Cayuga, the term "Mingo" being loosely applied by our border men to any fragments of the Iroquois living outside the Long
A Virginia Scout Hugh Pendexter 1907
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"Mingo," said the hunter, a little of the weakness of human nature exhibiting itself in the glance of his eye, and the colour on his cheek -- "Mingo, your brave called me Hawkeye, I suppose on account of a quick and sartain aim, when he was lying with his head in my lap, afore his spirit started for the Happy Hunting Grounds."
The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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Most rural county subdivisions do not have the road safety signage, according to "Mingo"
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