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Synonyms for tomahawk

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : tom-uh-hawk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒm əˌhɔk

Top 10 synonyms for tomahawk
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Définition of tomahawk

Origin :
  • 1610s, tamahaac, from Algonquian (probably Powhatan) tamahack "what is used in cutting," from tamaham "he cuts." Cognate with Mohegan tummahegan, Delaware tamoihecan, Micmac tumeegun.
  • As in ax/axe : noun large cutting tool
  • As in hatchet : noun ax
  • As in ax : verb dismiss
Example sentences :
  • With my tomahawk I cut a mark in that chestnut yonder and buried my weapon at the foot of it.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • I leave the tomahawk and knife to such as have a natural gift to use them.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • You say you're willing to bury the tomahawk; do you mean it?
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Oh, how I understood now the rascally-looking fellow, with his hatchet and tomahawk!
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I didn't have my tomahawk, and I didn't know what would happen.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Do the Indians want to dig up the tomahawk and make war on the whites?
  • Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
  • The Indian lifted his tomahawk and the lad expected it to be buried in his head.
  • Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
  • Pardon me, madam, but I am not a sheep, nor yet quite a savage with a tomahawk.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • He had a tomahawk and a knife in his belt and a rifle upon his arm.
  • Extract from : « The Settlers in Canada » by Frederick Marryat
  • He then recovered his own tomahawk, and carried off the useless weapons with him.
  • Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis

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