Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the American race; a redskin.
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Examples
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I walked on, met, and passed Tom, who remarked upon the improbability of the copperskin showing up again; and then I continued my patrol slowly round the house, past the court-yard, where all was still, and at last found Tom where we had parted from my uncle.
The Golden Magnet George Manville Fenn 1870
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"'Twas that owld Mahogany copperskin; but did I iver 'xpact he was up to _sich_ a trick and he would niver have l'aved me a-fishing.
The Lost Trail Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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"It was a dirty trick, freeze me if it wasn't; but you can _allers_ find a white man to do a mean trick, when you can't a copperskin;
The Lost Trail Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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