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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language, of the North Pacific Coast

Part 1 — B.

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Be-be.

A word used toward children; a kiss; to kiss.

Bed, n.

A bed.

Bit or Mit.

A dime.

Bloom, n.

A broom. Mamook bloom, to sweep.

Boat.

A boat, as distinguished from a canoe.

Bos-ton, n., adj.

An American. Boston illahie, the United States.

Bur-dash.

An hermaphrodite.

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