cutlass
Example Sentences
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He had boarded the ship off the Cuban coast and committed the outrage using Jenkins's own cutlass.
From Salon
He hiked 2 kilometers early every morning to retrieve water from a river, wielded hoe and cutlass to tend crops, trekked to Lagos for school, then topped off the day hawking.
From Science Magazine
The occasional meat came from the wild animals Mr. Brunswijk and his brothers stalked with cutlasses.
From New York Times
Gangs of men armed with machetes, cutlasses and iron bars prowled the area as he sped away, dodging burning tyres.
From Reuters
"When the war started, there was not a single weapon either in a store or anywhere throughout Biafra. They only had knives and cutlasses. No gun, no bomb, no nothing."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
