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cigar store Indian

noun

Etymology

From the once common use of sculpted wooden Indians as a symbol for tobacco selling.

Definitions

  1. A sculpture, typically wooden and painted, of a Native American Indian, of the sort…

    A sculpture, typically wooden and painted, of a Native American Indian, of the sort prominently used in tobacco stores.

    • "Do you think I'm going to stand here on one foot all night like a dodgasted cigar store Indian?"
    • "You had plenty of time to get under that ball, too. But you lost your nerve at the end, and stood there like a cigar store wooden Indian while it fell safe."

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