pale-face

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English

Noun

pale-face (plural pale-faces)

  1. Alternative form of paleface.
    • 1848, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter XXVIII, in The Bee-Hunter, or, The Oak Openings:
      Dere is Great Wicked Spirit, too... Heart grow hard. Great pleasure was to kill pale-face. Dat feeling last, Blossom, till I see you. Feel like fader to you, and don't want your scalp... Still want all udder pale-face scalp. Want Bourdon scalp much as any.