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Answer for the clue "Something held against conflict that’s dragged on ", 10 letters:
peace pipe

Word definitions for peace pipe in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) [syn: calumet , pipe of peace ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Peace Pipe is the 5th album by bassist Ben Allison . It was released on the Palmetto Records label in 2002 and features Malian kora virtuoso Mamadou Diabaté .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A tobacco pipe smoked ceremonially in certain Native American cultures that symbolizes peace among those who smoke it, and among whom it is passed around from person to person.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS â–ª You smoked the peace pipe with us.

Usage examples of peace pipe.

We sat as if to smoke a peace pipe, in the center of a circle of gizmos and wires.

Because of your age, we will skip the part that involves smoking a peace pipe.

He had been smoking the peace pipe with some Sioux and had taken it upon himself to put in some marijuana.

The guy was sitting in the middle of the road like an Indian that wants to smoke-um peace pipe, and he did not move when the headlights struck him.

Quanah was not about to smoke any peace pipe, but Herrera had said it would be okay to offer cigarettes.

Good move, Medicine man, but it was going to take more than a peace pipe to get me off the war path.

Strike Anywhere grunted his satisfaction, then called for his wife to bring the peace pipe.