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scalp-knife
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n.
a sharp knife used by Indian warriors to scalp their defeated enemies, an important item of trading goods in the fur country.
See: scalping-knife
Quotations
1892
They stood as their forefathers in battle, almost naked, with crested head, gleaming axe, scalp-knife, and bows and arrows.