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Meanings of take scalp in English

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Usage of take scalp in English
1
Always high duty, and obey superior-obeyManitou, and take scalp from enemy.
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
2
If Yankee could take scalp of all he kill, he whip.
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
3
But Tuscarora warrior nebber take scalp of Tuscarora squaw and pappoose!
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
4
Can't go on the warpath-can'ttake scalp-can'tshoot deer-can'thunt-can'tkill warrior-so muss work.
Oak Openings
5
When breat' in him, fit to take scalp, eh?
Oak Openings
6
Bye'm-by he'll go and take scalp; eh!
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
7
That your fashion-myfashion take scalp.
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
8
Kill 'um all; take scalp.
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
9
Don't take scalp from friend.
Oak Openings
10
Chingachgook father take scalp-grandfathertake scalp-allold chief take scalp, and Chingachgook take as many scalp as he can carry, himself.
The Deerslayer
11
The whoop was heard that night; many died, and the Narragansetts took scalps.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
12
The Iroquois are too great a nation to punish men that take scalps.
The Deerslayer
13
He would have to go too, but he meant to take scalps with him.
The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis
14
If you like to go out you may go, and we take scalps of rest.
In the Rocky Mountains: A Tale of Adventure
15
Enemies always take scalps when they can get them.
Oak Openings
16
But we do not bribe them to take scalps.
In the Valley
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Take scalp across language varieties
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