poniard
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Men say there are thirty thousand Chevaliers of the Poniard lurking in the woods there: lurking in the woods, and thirty thousand,—for the human Imagination is not fettered.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Hapless men in black; at last convicted of poniards made to order; convicted 'Chevaliers of the Poniard!'
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
I felt a Poniard, and am glad I sav'd my Skin from pinking.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
So fly the Chevaliers of the Poniard; hunted of Patriotic men, shamefully in the thickening dusk.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
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