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☆ wooden Indian

  1. a wooden image of an American Indian in a standing position, formerly placed in front of cigar stores as an advertisement
  2. Informal a person who is dull, spiritless, or inarticulate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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