English Explanatory Dictionary

dot or feather

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Used to inquire whether a person described as "Indian" is a Native American or from the Indian subcontinent.

Word forms

dot or feather dots, not feathers red dot or feather

Etymology

A reference to the bindi and the feathered war bonnet. First attested in a 1993 Vanity Fair article, where it is attributed to Gita Mehta.

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