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paleface

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paleface
a derogatory term for a White person, said to have been used by North American Indians


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So the chill hours wear on, and the long suspense is horribly trying to the paleface who has to live through it for the first time; but to the trained hand those ghastly calls and still ghastlier silences are but an intimation of how the night is marching.
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
The hearts of the palefaces would not thrill to these superstitions of the red men, though we spoke of them in the centre of the haunted region.
The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Let my young men lead the evil spirit of the Palefaces to the council.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
 
 
 
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