Meanings
- datedhumorousTo smoke.
"Givum dinner; smokum pipe," was all that we could get out of Quatchett.
1896, F J Stimsom, King Noanett: A Story of Old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay, page 2543 more examples
We ran up to him and danced around him like Indians and then stopped and puffed on a big stick and handed it to him saying, "Smokum peace pipe."
1968, Joan Baez, Daybreak, page 17Historyland... sought to present a historical image of Native Americans ... different from the "Ugh! We-smokum peace-pipe" images once presented at Knott's Berry Farms.
2003, Stephen Brown, John F Sherry, editors, Time, Space and the Market: Retroscapes Rising, page 127He say tree, "Be good Indian." He say Indian, "Be good tree." We swear by Great Spirit. We smokum pipe.
2004, Henry Bailey Stevens, Johnny Appleseed And Paul Bunyan: A Play of American Folklore in Three Acts with Prologue, page 47
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