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coup stick

coup stick noun: a stick used by the Plains Indians of North America for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.

Noun

coup stick (plural coup sticks)

  1. A stick used by the Plains Indians of North America for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.
    • Then the lot of them rode him down for sport, striking him with their coup sticks.1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 171

Forms of coup stick

pluralcoup sticks

Questions about coup stick

What does coup stick mean?
Coup stick means a stick used by the Plains Indians of North America for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.
What part of speech is coup stick?
Coup stick is a noun.
What is the plural of coup stick?
The plural of coup stick is coup sticks.

Words near coup stick in the dictionary

  1. coup de maitre
  2. coup de savate
  3. coup de tat
  4. coup de theatre
  5. coup de théâtre
  6. coup stick
  7. coup sticks
  8. coup Turc
  9. coup-de-grace
  10. coupage
  11. Coupar Angus

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