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cal⋅u⋅met

  [kal-yuh-met, kal-yuh-met]
–noun
a long-stemmed, ornamented tobacco pipe used by North American Indians on ceremonial occasions, esp. in token of peace.
Also called peace pipe.

Origin:
1710–20; < F, orig. dial. (Norman, Picard): pipe stem, a by-form of F chalumeau chalumeau, with suffix altered to -et -et
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peace pipe  
n.  A calumet.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

calumet 
1665, from Canadian Fr. calumet, from Norman Fr. calumet "pipe," from L. calamellus, dim. of L. calamus "reed."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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