Little Bighorn

American  

noun

1. a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.

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Little Bighorn British  

noun

1. a river in the W central US, rising in N Wyoming and flowing north to the Bighorn River. Its banks were the scene of the defeat (1876) and killing of General Custer and his command by Indians

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Example Sentences

While Martin imagined the cavalry riding to the rescue, White saw only “the next Little Bighorn or Alamo.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2023

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s offices in North Dakota received an anonymous package containing a human skull that was marked as coming from the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Senior student Angelina Toineeta decided this year to pursue a career in journalism after writing a piece on the Little Bighorn FFA program for last spring’s photojournalism class.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2022

He tells a tale of riding into battle at Little Bighorn only to die a stupid death before he could make any diference.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021

They had images and words connected to the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III