A tobacco pipe offered and smoked as a token of peace among some North American Indians.
和平烟斗(北美印第安人用以表示和平的象征)
on his wall hangs a peace pipe he bought in the Innu settlement next to his hometown
figurative with the ink hardly dry on a three-year wage deal, the government sat down with employers and labour to smoke the peace pipe
Example sentencesExamples
No, in your world everything can be solved with a peace pipe and a handshake.
The two arch-rivals have been trying to smoke the peace pipe ever since Jamali seized the initiative and spoke to his Indian counterpart earlier this week.
They shared the sacred peace pipe with Gurudeva and gave him a sacred drum.
Above the clasped hands are a peace pipe and a tomahawk.
After a full afternoon, they sit down for supper, but realize that they must smoke a peace pipe to end their Indian battles.
Definition of peace pipe in US English:
peace pipe
nounˈpis ˌpaɪpˈpēs ˌpīp
A tobacco pipe offered and smoked as a token of peace among some North American Indians.
和平烟斗(北美印第安人用以表示和平的象征)
on his wall hangs a peace pipe he bought in the Innu settlement next to his hometown
figurative with the ink hardly dry on a three-year wage deal, the government sat down with employers and labor to smoke the peace pipe
Example sentencesExamples
They shared the sacred peace pipe with Gurudeva and gave him a sacred drum.
After a full afternoon, they sit down for supper, but realize that they must smoke a peace pipe to end their Indian battles.
The two arch-rivals have been trying to smoke the peace pipe ever since Jamali seized the initiative and spoke to his Indian counterpart earlier this week.
No, in your world everything can be solved with a peace pipe and a handshake.
Above the clasped hands are a peace pipe and a tomahawk.