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Meanings of custer's last stand in English

Portuguese
batalha de little bighorn
Catalan
batalla de little big horn
Spanish
batalla de little big horn

A battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command.

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        Usage of custer's last stand in English
        1
        Now the space was illuminated with Stalinist klieg lights and looked like Custer's Last Stand.
        The Descent
        2
        Dustin Hoffman on the set of Little Big Man, in which he played Thomas Berger's 111-year-old survivor of Custer's Last Stand.
        The Guardian
        3
        Crabb claims to be the only white survivor of Custer's Last Stand, and tells of encounters with virtually every legendary character of the Old West.
        The Guardian
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