DCHP-1 Online
Big Knife † [trans. of Cree kichimōkōmān] Hist. 
in Indian parlance, originally, a Virginian; in Canada, an American; U.S. citizen.
See also: Long Knife
- 1787 They are determined . . . the Ohio shall be the boundary between them and the Big Knives.
- 1922 Jokes against the Big Knives (Yankees) and broad witticisms of all kinds flew from mouth to mouth.
- 1963 . . . an Indian . . . who had been trading in United States territory, said he knew how his people had been treated by the "Kitje Mokomans" (Big Knives, a word for the Americans). . . .
- 1787 They are determined . . . the Ohio shall be the boundary between them and the Big Knives.