tillicum
/ (ˈtɪlɪkəm) /
US and Canadian informal (in the Pacific Northwest) a friend
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How to use tillicum in a sentence
Toyatte also, with a teasing smile, said: “Mr. Young, mika tillicum hi yu tola wawa” (your friend leads you far in speaking).
Travels in Alaska | John MuirBut, fer a' his sma' size the lad's uncanny knowin', an' the heart o' um's the heart o' a tillicum.
Connie Morgan in Alaska | James B. HendryxYo' done come, jes' as Joe 'lowed yo' would—yo' doggone li'l tillicum!
Connie Morgan in Alaska | James B. HendryxCome on out of that, yo' li'l ol' tillicum, standin' theah in the do' shakin' yo' fist!
Connie Morgan in Alaska | James B. HendryxThey pushed up to the beach, and when close to it saluted the old man with the usual phrase, "Kla-haw-ya tillicum?"
Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird Grinnell
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