pipe of peace

noun

1. a calumet; peace pipe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipe of peace¹

An Americanism dating back to 1685–95

Example Sentences

Wright received the conquered Spokane chiefs in council with some the pipe of peace was smoked.

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Accordingly, on the twelfth of October, Wapocomoguth, great chief of the Mississaugas, a branch of the Ojibwas, living within the present limits of Upper Canada, came to the fort with a pipe of peace.

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I am smoking a pipe of peace by myself.

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Men who had been drunken became reclaimed; fairs and markets were undisturbed by quarrelling; factions which had been at feud for centuries smoked the pipe of peace together.

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"If those feathers stuck in your hair are intended to convey an impression that you're a Red Indian chief, go and sit in your wigwam till breakfast and smoke the pipe of peace."

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