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/ˈkæljʊmɛt/ · noun
A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace..
THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.
When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions.
Use calumet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Calumet means A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace..
Common synonyms include peace pipe, pipe of peace.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.
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