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Definition of Rain-in-the-face
1. Noun. A chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rain-in-the-face
Literary usage of Rain-in-the-face
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"The Indians were led by Rain-in-the-Face. The year before, he had been ...
The Captain was among the killed, and Rain-in-the-Face ia said to have made good ..."
2. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1883)
"THE REVENGE OF rain-in-the-face IN that desolate land and lone, ... cried
Rain-in-the-Face, " Revenge upon all the race Of the White Chief with yellow hair! ..."
3. My Friend the Indian by James McLaughlin (1910)
"I do not know of a better example of the difficulty presented than in the case
of the family of brothers to which Rain-In-The-Face belonged. ..."
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