creese
Example Sentences
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Colonel Ishimoto, without asking permission, drew out the creese and waved it about.
From Time Magazine Archive
The creese is more than a sword to the Javanese; it is a sacred symbol, and if it is drawn rashly and without preliminary invocations, Javanese believe that misfortune overtakes the rash drawer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Brandon unbuttoned his vest and drew forth a Malay creese, which was hung around his neck and worn under his coat.
From Cord and Creese by James De Mille
"But—well, you have no creese, and you are not wild, nor—nor fierce, nor cruel."
From Nautilus by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
And yet at no time had Senator Hanway—and himself the master of every art of cord and creese in politics—felt more helpless.
From The President A novel by Alfred Henry Lewis
