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pipestone
/ ˈpaɪpˌstəʊn /
noun
- a variety of consolidated red clay used by Native Americans to make tobacco pipes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pipestone1
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Example Sentences
A few days later two solitary teepees stood on the shore of the pond, under the red cliffs of the Pipestone Quarry.
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They are chiefly made of a soft stone something like the pipestone used by the present Indians which approaches soapstone.
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All tribes, even those at war, could claim asylum at the red pipestone.
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Lewis drew forth his imposing calumet of red pipestone and lighted it.
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Here they remained for a day quarrying pipestone and fashioning pipes.
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