tomahawk

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tom·a·hawk /ˈtɒməhɔːk $ ˈtɑːməhɒːk/ noun [countable]   TZa light axe used by Native Americans 〔北美印第安人用的〕轻斧，战斧

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tomahawk• Instead was found a pair of trousers, which were not Jeffrey's, and a tomahawk.• He asked the doctor for some medicine, then as Whitman turned to fetch it, felled him with a tomahawk.• Ishmael demands that Queequeg put away his pipe and tomahawk and Queequeg does.• Then, picking up his tomahawk, he blows out the candle and springs into bed.• More than 50,000 people carrying free foam-rubber tomahawks evacuated the stadium as if there had been a bomb threat.• It turned out the guy with the tomahawks even knew Gerard Baker.• Alleyne appears to have collected souvenirs, anything from letters to General Harrison to tomahawks.Origin tomahawk (1600-1700) Virginia Algonquian tomahack

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axe a by Americans light used Corpus Native

tomahawk
tom‧a‧hawk /ˈtɒməhɔːk $ ˈtɑːməhɒːk/ noun [countable]
a light axe used by Native Americans

toma·hawkBrE /ˈtɒməhɔːk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɑːməhɔːk/ 🔊 nouna light axe used by Native Americans 印第安战斧（美洲土著的一种武器）