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Definition of Chimo
1. a greeting [interj] - See also: greeting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimo
Literary usage of Chimo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... Indian trade— Inhospitable Labrador—Establishment of Ungava Bay—McLean nt Fort
chimo—Herds of cariboo—Eskimo rafts—" ..."
2. The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace (1907)
"TO WHALE RIVER AND FORT chimo THE feeling of relief that came to me when I heard
the shout and saw the men and dogs coming can be appreciated, and something ..."
3. The Labrador Coast: A Journal of Two Summer Cruises to that Region by Alpheus Spring Packard (1891)
"American Hawk Owl. Rare at Fort chimo. Eggs obtained June 8, 1884, and downy
young nearly ... Resident in northern portions, breeds at Fort chimo. f 93. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"Fort chimo, Labrador. Probably restricted to the barrens and semi-barrens.
Turner reported the species to be abundant at Fort chimo, but apparently did not ..."
5. Labrador, the Country and the People by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1909)
"Turner took many specimens at Fort chimo. Probably common throughout all the
wooded regions, its range extending north to the semi-barrens and meeting that ..."
6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"brother called out, "chimo, chimo; Ta'appe tacco Innuit; ... on which a number
of people rushed from the tent and answered, " chimo, chimo. ..."
7. The London Medical Repository and Review (1816)
"The Mo, and especially the chimo, produces a copious salivation, ... It is said,
that a little chimo held in the mouth, protects swimmers from the electric ..."
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