| 词汇 | scarlet indian |
| 词源 | scarlet Indian. John Josselyn explained this term in his Ac- count of Two Voyages to New England (1674): “[Any woman] suffering an Indian to have carnal knowledge of her [was forced to] wear the figure of an Indian cut out of red cloth.” See alsoscarlet letter. |
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