1. calumet - Noun
2. Calumet - Proper noun
A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAbout an hour earlier, a man was shot while stepping out of a car in Calumet Heights on the South Side. Source: Internet
About two hours earlier, a body of an unidentified male was recovered from the Calumet River, just blocks away near 95th Street. Source: Internet
Agassiz continued to live at Calumet, making gradual progress in stabilizing the mining operations, such that he was able to leave the mines under the control of a general manager and return to Boston in 1868 before winter closed navigation. Source: Internet
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (NASDAQ:CLMT) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a sell rating. Source: Internet
At that time, Calumet was a remote settlement, virtually inaccessible during the winter and very far removed from civilization even during the summer. Source: Internet
Bank robber Harvey Bailey would later complain in his 1973 autobiography that he and Fred Burke had been drinking beer in Calumet City at the time of the massacre, and the resulting heat forced them to abandon their bank robbing ventures. Source: Internet