DCHP-3

scalp cry

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a piercing cry given by an Indian after scalping an enemy.

Quotations

1900
Even when the struggle between French and British for the possession of Canada was finally settled at the Heights of Abraham, and the aw-oh-aw-oh-aw-oh (the last syllable an octave higher than the rest, and prolonged till the chest was empty of air) of the [Iroquois] war-whoop or scalp-cry ceased to be heard in the East, men still fought over parcels of furs.