E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Pipe.
Anglo-Saxon pp, a pipe or flute.
1
Put that into your pipe and smoke it. Digest that, if you can. An expression used by one who has given an adversary a severe rebuke. The allusion is to the pipes of peace and war smoked by the American Indians.
2
Put your pipe out. Spoil your piping or singing; make you sing another tune, or in another key. “Take your shine out” has a similar force.
3
As you pipe, I must dance. I must accommodate myself to your wishes.
p, a pipe or flute.
