single file

Noun
Synonyms: fileIndian file

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Noun (1)

  1. a line of persons or things ranged one behind the otherSynonyms: fileIndian fileType of lineKinds column, snake dance
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Indian file, Single file

a line of people marching one behind another; a single row. Also used adverbially; as, to march Indian file.

From the entry File.


Single file

. See under 1st File.

From the entry Single.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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