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- The land we lived on was Cherokee land, allotted to my mother because of the Cherokee blood that flowed in her veins.
p. 9.9 *allotted = given as her share
- Just when they were on the verge of sawing it in two, so each would have her allotted share, Papa settled the squabble by giving the oldest one a silver dollar.†
p. 250.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(allot) to give out -- especially a share of something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)