count coup
Americanverb (used without object)
Example Sentences
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To be the first to count coup on a fallen enemy was high honor.
From Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
A few old men and most of the boys ran out on the plain to meet them, and count coup on the captured ponies.
From White Otter by Elmer Russell Gregor
They rushed to the bottom of the ravine, and crowded forward to count coup upon the Blackfeet pony by striking it with their hands.
From The War Trail by Elmer Russell Gregor
She, for her part, could count "coup" to a creditable extent, and among the latest scalps which she had hung to her dainty twenty-inch girdle was that of our friend Holmes.
From The Sign of the Spider by Bertram Mitford
It was the ambition of every Plains Indian to count coup.
From American Indians by Frederick Starr
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