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Indies

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In·dies  (ndz)
1. See East Indies.
2. See West Indies.
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In the chair sits a man of strong and sturdy frame, whose face has been roughened by northern tempests and blackened by the burning sun of the West Indies.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
With these I carried a tailor, who had offered himself to go a passenger to the East Indies with my nephew, but afterwards consented to stay on our new plantation, and who proved a most necessary handy fellow as could be desired in many other businesses besides that of his trade; for, as I observed formerly, necessity arms us for all employments.
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
--Mr Edward has come to England from the West Indies.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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