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

Sicto considered: “If the creese falls without sticking into the ground, I shall choose my route first.”

From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello

She had caught up an old Malay creese that lay in a corner, and was now making for the door, at which half a dozen domestics were by this time gathered.

From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George

Only natives, as you say, sir," returned Nivin slowly—"which is Malay and poor to jest with, besides frequently carrying a creese.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John