PEACE PIPE


Meaning of PEACE PIPE in English

n

a type of traditional tobacco pipe with a long stem once smoked by most Native Americans to celebrate a peace discussion or agreement. The pipe was decorated and was respected as a symbol of its owner’s power. To ‘smoke the peace pipe’ is a phrase used in American English meaning to end a dispute or argument:

After much squabbling Linda and Rick finally decided to smoke the peace pipe.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.