Little Bighorn

American  

noun

1. a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.

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Little Bighorn British  

noun

1. a river in the W central US, rising in N Wyoming and flowing north to the Bighorn River. Its banks were the scene of the defeat (1876) and killing of General Custer and his command by Indians

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Example Sentences

The battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 was a high point, but not a turning point.

From Salon

The river where the Battle of Little Bighorn took place coursed through the land, prairie extended into pine trees and high buttes beckoned with even wider-ranging views.

From Seattle Times

While Martin imagined the cavalry riding to the rescue, White saw only “the next Little Bighorn or Alamo.”

From Washington Post

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s offices in North Dakota received an anonymous package containing a human skull that was marked as coming from the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

From New York Times

But right now, he's looking a lot like Custer at Little Bighorn – surrounded on all sides with no way out.

From Salon