Indian file

noun

Etymology

Attested since the 18th century, as Native Americans traversed woods in this way.

Definitions

  1. Single file.

    • In about an hour they returned very much intoxicated, singing their dead war songs, and every warrior naked, painted black from head to foot: as they approached the house in Indian file, each one repeated the following words […]
    • He stopped abruptly, as if sorry he had said so much, and a moment later the party were walking in Indian file through the turnstile, Sir John Burney leading the way.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Indian file. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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