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battle of the little bighorn |
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Noun battle of the little bighorn has 1 sense
- Little Bighorn, Battle of Little Bighorn, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Custer's Last Stand - 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
--1 is a kind of slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery
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