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a long-stemmed, ornamented tobacco pipe used by North American Indians on ceremonial occasions, especially in token of peace.
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Calumet
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| calumet (ˈkæljʊˌmɛt) | |
| —n | |
| a less common name for peace pipe | |
| [C18: from Canadian French, from French (Normandy dialect): straw, from Late Latin calamellus a little reed, from Latin: | |
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calumet
1660s, from Canadian Fr. calumet, from Norman Fr. calumet "pipe" (O.Fr. chalemel, 12c., Mod.Fr. chalumeau), from L. calamellus, dim. of L. calamus "reed; something made of reed or shaped like a reed."
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