See tomahawk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 296:", "text": "In a moment the savage wretches dashed at him, and \"tomahawked\" the unfortunate man, who fell backwards into his cabin.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1906, FE Smith, maiden speech to House of Commons, 12 Mar 1906", "text": "Not satisfied with tomahawking our colleagues in the country, they ask the scanty remnant in the House to join in the scalp dance." } ], "glosses": [ "To strike or cut up with a tomahawk." ], "id": "en-tomahawk-en-verb-q891oi6b" }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1909, Samuel Gordon Smyth, A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family: From Civil, Military, Church and Family Records and Documents, page 67:", "text": "He was the owner of 1,300 acres of land bought from the government and located where the city of Lexington, Ky., now stands. 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