medicine bag en · NOUN
Meanings
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A small pouch holding sacred items, worn by some indigenous peoples of the Americas.
I thought I might be unlucky for them, because the spirits took away my medicine bag.
1952, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Unbeliever; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 35:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| medicine bags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |