Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hair pipe

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: hair pipe
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal adornments, principally by Native Americans.

Example Sentences

"Wampum, Weoka / “ hair pipes, Waebosndata"
"About 1850 he, in connection with his brother James, invented a machine for drilling wampum hair-pipe, which is manufactured from conch-shells and clam-shells."
"The Kiowas used brass earrings, from each of which was suspended a hair pipe, which in turn supported a brass chain with a German-silver ornament at the end."
"Straight dancers wear ribbon shirts with bandoliers made of bone hair pipes and beads, generally from one to four strands wide, […]"

Etymology

Obscure, possibly from hair + pipe, as a description of one of its uses. Earliest known usage from 1767.

Inflected Forms

hair pipes (plural) hair-pipe (alternative) hairpipe (alternative)

Questions

What does hair pipe mean?: A type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal adornments, principally by Native Americans.
Where does hair pipe come from?: Obscure, possibly from hair + pipe, as a description of one of its uses. Earliest known usage from 1767.

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