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squaw

noun \ˈskwȯ\

Definition of SQUAW

1
often offensive :  an American Indian woman
2
usually disparaging :  woman, wife
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Origin of SQUAW

Massachusett squa, ussqua woman
First Known Use: 1634

Rhymes with SQUAW

aw, awe, blaw, braw, ca, caw, chaw, claw, craw, daw, draw, flaw, gnaw, haw, jaw, la, law, maw, pa, paw, pshaw, Ra, rah, raw, saw, shah, shaw, slaw, spa, straw, tau, taw, thaw, yaw

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23 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. squaw
  2. squaw cabbage
  3. squaw carpet
  4. squaw corn
  5. squaw currant
  6. squaw dance
  7. squaw-drops
  8. squaw grass
  9. squaw hitch
  10. squaw huckleberry
  11. squaw lettuce
  12. squaw man
  13. squaw mint
  14. squaw sachem
  15. squaw side
  16. Squaw Valley
  17. squaw vine
  18. squaw-weed
  19. squaw winter
  20. squaw wood
  21. lazy squaw stitch
  22. old-squaw
  23. sunk squaw
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