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A hand axe so good it went from war camp to cruise missile branding.
means A small, single-handed axe used as a tool or weapon, historically by Native Americans, with a head of stone, bone, or later iron.
from From the Powhatan (Virginia Algonquian) word, recorded by early English colonists as 'tomahack' and similar spellings — the Powhatan term being a relative of words across the Algonquian languages for a cutting or chopping tool. English settlers in early-1600s Virginia borrowed it directly from the people they encountered, and the word stuck so firmly that it later got bolted onto everything from steaks to cruise missiles.
- dual purpose
- Tool and weapon, equally happy chopping or throwing
- borrowed word
- From Powhatan tamahaak, meaning cutting tool
- missile namesake
- US Navy's cruise missile stole its name
- still trained
- Modern soldiers practice throwing them today
- steak too
- That giant bone-handle ribeye copied its shape
cruise missile — us navy weapon system first used in 1991 gulf war, travels at subsonic speed
tomahawk steak — ribeye cut with long bone handle, popularized by steakhouses in 2000s
chicago blackhawks — nhl team founded 1926, named after sauk leader black hawk