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Definition of Tumplines
1. tumpline [n] - See also: tumpline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumplines
Literary usage of Tumplines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White (1907)
"To cany tumplines. this outfit with any degree of comfort, be sure to get it low,
fairly in the small of the back or even just above the hips. ..."
2. Indian Battles, Captivities, and Adventures: From the Earliest Period to the by John Frost (1859)
"I was a novice at making canoes, bunks, and tumplines, which was the only occupation
of the squaws; of course, idleness was among my calamities. ..."
3. Indian Narratives: Containing a Correct and Interesting History of the by Henry Trumbull, Zadock Steele (1854)
"I was a novice at making canoes, bunks, and tumplines, wliich was the only
occupation of the squaws ; of course, idleness was among my calamities. ..."
4. History of the Town of Hollis, New Hampshire, from Its First Settlement to by Samuel Thomas Worcester (1879)
"3d., " an It appears from the above certificate, fhat twenty-five of these men
lost their knapsacks, twenty-three their tumplines,* eight their guns, ..."
5. The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace (1907)
"One double barrel 12-gauge shotgun; two ten-inch barrel single shot .22 caliber
pistols for partridges and small game; ammunition; tumplines; three fishing ..."
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