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
He drew forth a creese, and holding it up saw this name cut upon the handle: "JOHN POTTS."
From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James
He read a line or two and gasped out that it was a forgery, and rang the bell again, and looked again behind the clock for his creese.
From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George
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 Lewis, Alfred Henry
