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Indian file

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Indian file

1. noun A line one person or one thing in width; single file. (Possibly deprecatory due to the politically incorrect reference to Native Americans.) An Indian file of geese—such an unusual flight pattern for the bird—crossed overhead as we traversed the field.

2. adverb In such a line. The students lined up and walked Indian file into the auditorium.

See also: file, Indian