CALUMET
Calumet
A calumet is a ceremonial smoking pipe used by some indigenous American nations. Traditionally it has been smoked to seal a covenant or treaty, or to offer prayers in a religious ceremony.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Calumet (pipe)
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calumet
Noun
- A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
- 1922: THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself. — James Joyce, Ulysses
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